All right, how do you pronounce "Redux"? (1 Viewer)

[Cees Alons]

Rob,
I believed you were going to tell us it's originally pronounced "rucks" in UK English .
Cees

 

[Coressel]

"Rocky Redux"

 

[Mitty]

And if someone said po-tah-to in normal conversation, you wouldn't give them the ironic smile?

Not if they were British. Well, that pronunciation of potato might be a stretch (I dunno), but I've heard "to-mah-to" plenty of times.
Anyhoo, I'd hardly expect a French person (I don't have a lot of exposure to French people, but I do have plenty of exposure to French-Canadians) to pronounce it "Ree-Ducks."
Then again, I've heard people with names like Gagner pronounced "Gayg-nur" with a straight face, so...

 

[Charles J P]

WOW, I thought it was re-doo, but I went to one of those online dictionaries where you can hear somone pronounce the word, and it says re-ducks

 

[Mark Dubbelboer]

i don't get how people got re-doo out of that

I guess i've never really heard anyone say it and just read it redux as in chemistry...or is that spelt different?

 

[MikeGeary]

I'd hardly expect a French person (I don't have a lot of exposure to French people, but I do have plenty of exposure to French-Canadians) to pronounce it "Ree-Ducks."

Why would the French have any special expertise in pronouncing this word? It's not a French word!
But you bring up an interesting point. I've been mispronouncing redux as "re-doo" for years because it looked French to me and I figured that would be how the French would pronounce it.
It was a bit educational to actually look the word up and find out that it's not French at all...
-Mike

 

[Holadem]

There is nothing remotely French about "redux". Why one would think it is a french word is beyond me
And... "ree-doo"? WTF? How did you guys come up with that?!
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Holadem

 

[Neil S. Bulk]

Or "Howard the Duck Redux..."

Don't give George any more crazy ideas!!!

Neil - who says "re-ducks"