"Target" as a French word?

[Daniel S. Goodman]

I've heard that pronunciation in Minneapolis since some time in the
1980s or 1990s.

And I believe I've seen it in a novel by native Minneapolitan
sf/fantasy writer Eleanor Arnason.

> I heard that pronunciation used in jest in England
> this past summer.
>
> --- Paul Zebe <PZebe at CS.COM> wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me about "Target" (the store)
> > pronounced as a French word?
> > That pronunciation has reportedly been used in the
> > Nashville area within the
> > past 10 years.  Could it be a joke played on a New
> > England schoolmarm by her
> > Southern students?
> >
> > Curiously,
> > Paul Zebe
> >
>
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