To refuse to buy croissants any more because my children can't pronounce the word?

[MattDillonsPants]

They USED to say it correctly but since we moved to South Australia, they've been calling them "Cross-onts" like the locals.

I can't BEAR it!

They still have English accents...it's not a case of them trying to fit in because there are no other local colloquialisms or pronunciations they've picked up. I know it wouldn't bother many people but it bothers ME!

[00100001]

How would you like them to pronounce it???

[Ifailed]

You've moved to a foreign country and your kids have picked up an accent? Who'd a though it.

[FlowerOfTheWest]

Just buy lamingtons instead. Problem solved.

[Frika]

My middle-class English friends go for a variety of pronunciations, presumably having decided that the full-on French version sounds pretentious when speaking English. A cut-glass 'KWOSS-ahng' (which seems to be the popular choice) is pretty funny, though.

[ChilliMum]

Yanbu! We live in France so croissants is not a problem but we know a couple of American expat families and my dc started picking up Americanisms which I resolutely refuse to understand. I have a little cupboard with sweets or bonbons in it but defiantly no candy

[whatdoIget]

It would annoy me too, however I would try not to pass my annoyance on to the children. I've realised that I tend to be overly critical of little things like this and it isn't constructive or helpful. So I would correct them but in a pleasant way. And if they carried on pronouncing it in the wrong way, I would get over it.

[MattDillonsPants]

Flower Oh I do!

And they call them "Lammos" :(

[MattDillonsPants]

Chilli they're all 'lollies" here. Whether they're on a stick or not! And Bon Bons....they're Christmas Crackers!

Manchester = bedding!

[Footle]

I didn't know that about Manchester. The Czech word for corduroy is manšetr though - same word.

[ASmallHenInItsLateForties]

I say 'Crossont' and I haven't moved anywhere.

[mommy2ash]

You would hate me I say cross awnt. I'm not French I don't spreak French so I sound ridiculous attempting the correct pronunciation

[Oysterbabe]

I say a mixture of correct and wrong
KWOSS-ONT

[MattDillonsPants]

Footle apparently here it's because all the bedding used to come from Manchester...cotton mills and all that....and the crates were all stamped MANCHESTER.

Small why do you say Crossont??

[Oysterbabe]

I also don't say paella correctly because I feel stupid. I do get bruschetta right though and correct people who don't know how to say it

[scarednoob]

Yep - manchester also used to be called cottonopolis because of the mills.

These days it would be called "2 bed 2 bath flats in old mills"!

[Pootles2010]

I say 'Cross-ont' too. You still haven't told us how you say it OP!

[lanbro]

I would say Qua-son. I'm currently getting grief from my friends for saying Latay and not Latay for Latte!

Annoys me no end that another friend calls Brioche Bree-ock but at the end of the day they're just words!

[lanbro]

*Lartay!

[BillBrysonsBeard]

I thought it was Crossont until someone told me it was Cwassont... I have never needed to say this word though

[ASmallHenInItsLateForties]

I always have said cross-ont. I'm well aware of the French pronunciation but most people I know seem to say it that way.

[SovietKitsch]

I say wot lanbro says, I eat em too...

[budgiegirl]

I say 'cross-ont' too, even though I know it's wrong - after years of saying it incorrectly I can't get out of the habit.

I can't get over excited about it, lots of people pronounce words incorrectly, it's not really worth getting upset about.

[BunnyTyler]

Kwasson.

[Notthecarwashagain]

I can't pronounce it 'properly' without saying it in a stupid voice.
I feel like a pretentious wanker otherwise.

Same with nougat.

[ASmallHenInItsLateForties]

Ooh yes...nugget not noo-gah as well.