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I've always pronounced it the same way as you would say croquet, & with a silent "T".
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Crow (like the bird) and shay together.
Crowshay
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Thank you! /TM
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The word is derived from French, so I agree with Robyn the slug that it's pronounced like "crow-shay."
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Indeed, it is pronounced "crow-shay". :)
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A good friend of mine went though a literal pronunciation phase in college, calling her I.D. her "id", rhyming café with "safe", et cetera, just to be funny. She used to say "CROTCH-it" for crochet. I still call it that sometimes, just because it was funny. But yeah, the correct pronunciation is the French way, cro-SHAY.
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Bethany Actually......that's funny cuz that's the way my hubby says it too "CROTCH"it.....
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This is where the term "Crotchety" came from. A person concentrating on their intricate work were considered to be Crotch-ety if interrupted and prone to anger. This caused a lot of men especially to say Crotch-ting as the crafting name.
My Great-Grandmother told me this story many years ago. She was married to an Irish man and his Mother was often interrupted and my G-GF would say she was crotchety. LOL JUst thought I would share.
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;)
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I say crowshay my husband says crotch it
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crochet .. etymologically .. is french .. thus .. crow-shay .. or at least it is 'en angleterre' .. but then .. poh-tay-toe .. poh-tar-toe .. u what ?! .. what's she on about?! .. and why is Robyn a slug? .. does that mean she only eats lettuce?
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3ova0 edited this topic 51 months ago.
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croshay is right (french here)
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i say crow-shay
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no croshay is not right.
In french, it is a different sound...Croché...but I have just no way to explain it ! lol
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