Tim J@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @vernissage@mastodon.social This ought to be an irrelevant question, but: which language is "Vernissage" meant to be pronounced in?
Fedi.Tips@timtfj@mastodon.social
I'm not sure but guessing the French/English pronunciation.
Question for @vernissage@mastodon.social perhaps?
BTW for anyone wondering what it means: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernissage
Tim J@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Thanks! OED has /vΙrnisaΚ/, so it seems we've not anglicised it. It's not a word I was aware of. (I'd been mentally trying to say it as an awkward 4-syllable German or Norwegian word.)
Fedi.Tips@timtfj@mastodon.social
I'm not a linguist but would guess this is due to relatively recent influence of French art world.
(Whereas something like "homage" is medieval and has an English pronunciation /ΛhΙmΙͺdΚ/ )
Tim J@FediTips@social.growyourown.services The earliest occurrence the OED has is 1912, so I think you're right. It's basically a French word being used in English.
Fedi.Tips@timtfj@mastodon.social
Paris was the place to be for artists at the time! π«π·
Tim J@FediTips@social.growyourown.services And musicians!
Fedi.Tips@timtfj@mastodon.social
And writers etc. Amazing to hear about that period.