Talk:Fête

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Pronunciation

Article needs pronunciation guide for the word. (In plain English not IPA of course.) Tempshill (talk) 14:39, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The key in the article gives a pronunciation that rhymes with "bet". In my experience (southern England) I've only heard anyone pronounce it it rhyming with "late". matt (talk) 13:40, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Matt. In British English Fête is usually a homophone for fate. The Oxford English Dictionary gives this as the preferred pronunciation, but also permits the alternative originally given.Tmal222 (talk) 17:28, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Germany

It is also widely used in Germany. Like in birthday Fete or a Fete in general. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.153.221.249 (talk) 14:17, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

North America

The article suggests "The American and Canadian equivalent [to a Fête] would be the County Fair or City Fair".

I think that an American County Fair corresponds to a British County Show. A British Fête is usually smaller - typically confined to a village, church, or school.Tmal222 (talk) 17:40, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]