but the french pronunciation sounds as pretentious as casually referring to the capital of france as "par-ee."

you're welcome.

ever since i found out that pronouncing "lingerie" as "lawn-jheRAY" is a hyperforeignism, i.e a pronunciation based on some english speaker's stereotype of what french sounds like (see also: "habaÑero"), the standard english pronunciation sounds as wrong to my ears as "jalla-peeno",

as a self-proclaimed "ideas guy," i find that idea offensive

i'm a "last exit to springfield" guy but i take your point

perhaps nothing is more ingrained in our collective consciousness than the idea that if you get angry enough and have nothing else you feel like living for, the standard move is to pick up a gun and go find someone(s) to use it on.

it's not "aboot," it's more like how a valley girl would say "a boat"