Comment by pants2
16 hours ago
And "valet" is supposed to rhyme with "ballot" not "ballet" but you'll still sound like an idiot if you say "take your car to the val-it"
16 hours ago
And "valet" is supposed to rhyme with "ballot" not "ballet" but you'll still sound like an idiot if you say "take your car to the val-it"
What's your reference? Cambridge: /ˈvæl.eɪ/ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/valet
(britannica[0], merriam-webster[1])
[0]: https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/audio?word=va%2Alet...
[1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/valet
Your Merriam Webster source has "val-it" as the first pronunciation (but I think in this case both are correct and valit is less common)
It does.. and I've never heard anyone say it that way (and I appreciate that you chose the only dictionary that gave anything close to your argument).. but that's still nothing like "ballot".
Drink some clarit with the valit over a good filit.
Jeeves (the gentleman's personal gentleman) is a valet that would be pronounced VAL-et.