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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It's spelt touché because that's how it's spelt.
How you pronounce it is down to how dumb or educated you are  "
You probably need to read the question again, the options were touchy or touchet. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My workmate says touché is spelt touchy, but I said it’s spelt touchet, which one of us is correct ? "
I’m The worst person to comment!
Pretty sure it’s the first one !
My younger days I spelled it 2-shay!!! Knew it was wrong but hadn’t a breeze the correct way
ffs wish I was joking ! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"You are correct.
If you Google the word it will give you the option to hear the pronunciation of the word  "
We both refuse to Google out of principle, but thank you for the advice. |
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"You are correct.
If you Google the word it will give you the option to hear the pronunciation of the word
We both refuse to Google out of principle, but thank you for the advice. "
I deleted my original post in error 
Why Google when you have a whole forum to do it for you?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It's spelt touché because that's how it's spelt.
How you pronounce it is down to how dumb or educated you are
You probably need to read the question again, the options were touchy or touchet."
You probably need to have either a working knowledge of French or be a Brexit voter. Honestly. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My workmate says touché is spelt touchy, but I said it’s spelt touchet, which one of us is correct ?
That poor work mate   
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Good conversation between lads over a breakfast sandwich!
You know a breakie sandwich is right B ? |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
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Touchè is a term used in fencing, to indicate a hit has been made.
It's also means a good humoured acknowledgement of a remark in either an argument or conversation.
The word has French origins to describe being touched.
It's pronounced like. to-shay
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Touchè is a term used in fencing, to indicate a hit has been made.
It's also means a good humoured acknowledgement of a remark in either an argument or conversation.
The word has French origins to describe being touched.
It's pronounced like. to-shay
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No way ! I get me spelling it 2-shay I wasn’t talking about having a dual with the annoying lad living above me !
Still wasn’t to far off tho |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
"Touchè is a term used in fencing, to indicate a hit has been made.
It's also means a good humoured acknowledgement of a remark in either an argument or conversation.
The word has French origins to describe being touched.
It's pronounced like. to-shay
No way ! I get me spelling it 2-shay I wasn’t talking about having a dual with the annoying lad living above me !
Still wasn’t to far off tho"
To-shay, two-shay or similar are just examples on how to pronounce it.
Oh, it's having a duel with the annoying lad living above you! |
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"It's spelt touché because that's how it's spelt.
How you pronounce it is down to how dumb or educated you are
You probably need to read the question again, the options were touchy or touchet."
I don’t understand how you managed to type it correctly (touché), but then argued against yourself by stating you thought it was spelled differently!
You’ve totally twisted my melon! |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
"It's spelt touché because that's how it's spelt.
How you pronounce it is down to how dumb or educated you are
You probably need to read the question again, the options were touchy or touchet.
I don’t understand how you managed to type it correctly (touché), but then argued against yourself by stating you thought it was spelled differently!
You’ve totally twisted my melon!"
Agreed. He got it correct, then shot himself in the foot with options.
Maybe, steering clear of his workmate would be a good idea! |
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By *ogueAngelMan
over a year ago
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"My workmate says touché is spelt touchy, but I said it’s spelt touchet, which one of us is correct ? "
I've come here to inform you I can't help you. I pronounce it "touché" but spell it "Dave". |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My workmate says touché is spelt touchy, but I said it’s spelt touchet, which one of us is correct ?
I’m The worst person to comment!
Pretty sure it’s the first one !
My younger days I spelled it 2-shay!!! Knew it was wrong but hadn’t a breeze the correct way
ffs wish I was joking ! "
2-Shay LMAO... too funny
To the OP it's spelt touché...but prouounced as above #2-Shay |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My workmate says touché is spelt touchy, but I said it’s spelt touchet, which one of us is correct ?
I’m The worst person to comment!
Pretty sure it’s the first one !
My younger days I spelled it 2-shay!!! Knew it was wrong but hadn’t a breeze the correct way
ffs wish I was joking !
2-Shay LMAO... too funny
To the OP it's spelt touché...but prouounced as above #2-Shay"
Haha trust you to pull that one out of all the ones above |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It's spelt touché because that's how it's spelt.
How you pronounce it is down to how dumb or educated you are
You probably need to read the question again, the options were touchy or touchet.
You probably need to have either a working knowledge of French or be a Brexit voter. Honestly. "
You sound a bit touchy. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Touchè is a term used in fencing, to indicate a hit has been made.
It's also means a good humoured acknowledgement of a remark in either an argument or conversation.
The word has French origins to describe being touched.
It's pronounced like. to-shay
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This answer is more than this thread deserved. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"It's spelt touché because that's how it's spelt.
How you pronounce it is down to how dumb or educated you are
You probably need to read the question again, the options were touchy or touchet."
Both touchy and touchet are incorrect spelling. Touché is correct... |
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"My workmate says touché is spelt touchy, but I said it’s spelt touchet, which one of us is correct ? "
Touché is spelt touché.
Touchy is touching someone
Touchet isn’t even a word
So you’re both wrong at how you spell it, unless you was asking how you sat it? It’s pronounced two-shay |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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May I remind people there are only two possible options for how the word touché is spelt.
A. Touchy - pronounced twoochay
Or
B. Touchet - pronounced tooochay
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"May I remind people there are only two possible options for how the word touché is spelt.
A. Touchy - pronounced twoochay
Or
B. Touchet - pronounced tooochay
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A is pronounced tutchee
B is pronounced tutchit |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Just the five minute argument, please."
It’s been dragging on over 12 hours now, my boss has had to pull us both in the office, bare with my boss is saying something else now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It’s spelt touché and the accent (‘aigu’ in this case) on the e determines how it’s pronounced. It’s certainly not touchay as it would be spelt touchè (accent grave).
However I’d be at a loss trying to tell you how to pronounce é (accent aigu) because of my own accent and the fact that I can’t pronounce English properly.
To the best of my knowledge, touchet only exists as a proper noun hence should take a capital t.
Class dismissed! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Touchet! But the t is silent obviously "
The t is not silent in this case. It often is at the end of French words but not here. It’s not pronounced like a t but it alters the way you pronounce the e in front. Et actually sounds exactly like é or ez or er. |
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"May I remind people there are only two possible options for how the word touché is spelt.
A. Touchy - pronounced twoochay
Or
B. Touchet - pronounced tooochay
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Then if those are the only options then they’re both wrong
Don’t think it was worth a warning though haha |
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