# Mangetout **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 26, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222 "2007-07-26T13:42:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/1 "2007-07-26T13:42:44Z")
I’m sorry, but I just can’t help pronouncing **Mangetout** ’s username as “Mawhn-zhay-too”. You know, because it’s French. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/2 "2007-07-26T13:45:14Z")
How do you imagine I’d prefer you pronounced it? Most people get this wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/3 "2007-07-26T13:46:47Z")
How is one supposed to pronounce it, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/4 "2007-07-26T13:48:42Z")
Man-jay-tout Man Get Out ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/5 "2007-07-26T13:48:58Z")
[QUOTE=Bear\_Nenno] How is one supposed to pronounce it, anyway? [/QUOTE] See the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/6 "2007-07-26T13:51:21Z")
Like **Rocketeer** said, except without the ‘ay’ (there’s no accent over the e) ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/7 "2007-07-26T13:53:17Z")
I know enough French to know how it’s pronounced, but I have to confess that in my head I always think “Manj Tout.” It’s my head, I can think what I want in there. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/8 "2007-07-26T13:53:18Z")
So “mange tout” is wrong?! I feel like such a fool (please don’t hate me). ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/9 "2007-07-26T13:54:43Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] See the OP. [/QUOTE] No kidding!? What’s it mean? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/10 "2007-07-26T13:57:21Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] So “mange tout” is wrong?! I feel like such a fool (please don’t hate me). [/QUOTE] Mange tout is correct, assuming you’re talking about the French for “Eat all”, and not a person who solicits skin diseases. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/11 "2007-07-26T14:01:57Z")
Okay, now I feel like a fool, because I thought it was really Man Get Out. Sigh. But maybe I’m a Wise Fool? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/12 "2007-07-26T14:04:29Z")
Don’t feel bad. As I say, most people who comment on it seem to get it wrong. This will be about the tenth such thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/13 "2007-07-26T14:05:33Z")
…I wonder if I should request a name change - the capitalisation of the first T… ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/14 "2007-07-26T14:08:11Z")
I remember looking it up when I first ran across the name. A variety of pea, non? I’ve always avoided the pronunciation question, though, as I lack the ability to speak French, even fake French.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/15 "2007-07-26T14:14:41Z")
Yes, Mangetout is also the name given to a group of pea varieties (so called because you eat the entire pod = eat-all) - AKA Snow Peas in some parts, but distinct from sugar snaps, which have more fleshy, rounded pods. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/16 "2007-07-26T14:16:00Z")
BTW, I am not actually French, not that there’s anything wrong with that. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/17 "2007-07-26T14:19:05Z")
I have never seen a Doper whose name has been debated as often as **Mangetout.** ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/18 "2007-07-26T14:20:52Z")
Didn’t even see the ‘man get out’ in there, just ‘Monj Too.’ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/19 "2007-07-26T14:30:55Z")
It’s just nice to be noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/20 "2007-07-26T14:32:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Mange tout is correct, assuming you’re talking about the French for “Eat all”, and not a person who solicits skin diseases. [/QUOTE] Oh, now you’ve done it. I’ve always seen it as you intended, but with that throw away line, you’ve blown it. From here on, you’ll always be a tout for mange, scrofula, impetigo, scrumpox, etc. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222.md?page=2)