Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge

Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by pants2 on Thursday April 23, 2026 @05:44PM (#47882504)

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"

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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by aksss on Thursday April 23, 2026 @06:30PM (#47883027)

Drink some clarit with the valit over a good filit.

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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by gnabgib on Thursday April 23, 2026 @08:24PM (#47884011)

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

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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by pants2 on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:06PM (#47884301)

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)

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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by gnabgib on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:11PM (#47884329)

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".

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Re:Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge by Deebster on Thursday April 23, 2026 @08:44PM (#47884147)

Jeeves (the gentleman's personal gentleman) is a valet that would be pronounced VAL-et.

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