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#2 (permalink) Thu Nov 09, 2006 16:30 pm In lieu of vs. instead of |
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I met it just a few times in books. To be honest, even don’t know how it is pronounced. :) _________________ It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water… |
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Tamara I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Thu Nov 09, 2006 17:04 pm In lieu of vs. instead of |
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Hi Torsten
The idiom "in lieu of" tends to be used more in written English and sounds more formal than "instead of" or "in place of". I don't use "in lieu of" too often.
If I'm not mistaken, the American pronunciation is not quite the same as the British pronunciation. I would pronounce "lieu" just like the word "loo" or the name "Lou".
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Thu Nov 09, 2006 20:02 pm In lieu of vs. instead of |
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Hi, Lieu, loo too, UK OK.
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Alan Co-founder

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#5 (permalink) Fri Nov 10, 2006 0:22 am In lieu of vs. instead of |
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| Saying French words like 'lieu' or 'adieu' the English way, [lju:] and [9'dju:], (let alone the American way!) just doesn't come natural to me -- I practically never use them in English, anyway. |
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