this is a very fussy one.

[fox]

I would love it if people would stop saying coup de gras when what they mean is coup de grace.

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[thalia]

Fussy, maybe, but coup de gras is just kind of icky.

[fox]

I know, right?

[reginagiraffe]

I blame French. *g* (Note: not *the* French.)

When people learning French are bludgeoned into not pronouncing the last letter, then it's not surprising that mistakes like this happen.

[fox]

I do give people props for not saying coupe de gras - which, I don't even know what that would be. Probably not as gross as a coup de gras, though. Certainly not as speedy as a Coupe de Ville.

[resonant]

On the plus side, "coup de gras" is only a small bit of bilingual punning away from "cut the cheese," which makes it mildly more amusing.