# 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:** 2
**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, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/21 "2007-07-26T14:39:22Z")
I can do you a great deal on scurf today. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/22 "2007-07-26T15:03:15Z")
I always see it a "mange t **r** out. I have no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/23 "2007-07-26T15:28:59Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] It’s just nice to be noticed. [/QUOTE] No it isn’t. You’re British. Your watchwords are modesty, self-effacement and a desire to eschew the limelight at all costs. Pull yourself together and ask someone to close this thread immediately. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/24 "2007-07-26T20:59:58Z")
I also for some reason always read it as being trout related. But now that I know how it is pronounced I won’t ever consider it to be fishy again! ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/25 "2007-07-26T21:02:31Z")
I had just assumed that you weren’t a picky eater. Those folks who see “Man get out” must do a lot of those hidden picture puzzles because I completely missed that one. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/26 "2007-07-26T21:14:29Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] So “mange tout” is wrong?! I feel like such a fool (please don’t hate me). [/QUOTE] For the longest time I was convinced that his name was mange trout. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/27 "2007-07-26T22:17:28Z")
I have always seen Mange tout. I guess it’s the residual Franglais from my teen years. ---
**Author:** ![billyb0b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@billyb0b](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billyb0b)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/28 "2007-07-26T22:43:49Z")
I also thought it was Man Get out. I learn something every day, **ingnorance fought[sup]TM[/sup]**. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/29 "2007-07-26T23:18:32Z")
I always think “Mangy Trout”, too. Or Man Get Out StG ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/30 "2007-07-27T00:24:36Z")
So, Main-gee-towt… (I’m kidding I’m kidding I’m kidding please don’t hurt me I’m kidding!) ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/31 "2007-07-27T03:06:53Z")
This reminds me of snake scat lady. ---
**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 27, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/32 "2007-07-27T08:19:51Z")
Or good ol’ [Spring Ears](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=37396) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/33 "2007-07-27T09:15:50Z")
[QUOTE=Rocketeer] I’m sorry, but I just can’t help pronouncing **Mangetout** ’s username as “Mawhn-zhay-too”. You know, because it’s French. 😉 [/QUOTE] I’ve always roughly pronounced it as monj-2 I seem to remember someone stating that it is man get out (man get owt) as in an order for the male to leave the room. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/34 "2007-07-27T09:18:26Z")
Somewhere I always just assumed it was “Monj-too” (as in the frenchy way). I didn’t even consider “Man Get Out” until someone pointed it out. Though it did take me forever to figure out that the other guy wasn’t Spring Ears. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/35 "2007-07-27T09:37:14Z")
When I’m being friendly (OK, when I’m feeling too lazy to type the extra letters) I refer to you as just **Mange** , which is charming 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/36 "2007-07-27T09:39:34Z")
Just for the record, I got it right since the first time I saw it. Except that I can’t help thinking of some interesting sexual appetites. 😉 ---
**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 27, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/37 "2007-07-27T10:15:28Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] I’ve always roughly pronounced it as monj-2 I seem to remember someone stating that it is man get out (man get owt) as in an order for the male to leave the room. [/QUOTE] It’s certainly the former, not the latter, although in nearly every thread like this, people seem to assert that it’s the latter and it takes a while to rein things in. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/38 "2007-07-27T17:42:42Z")
How is it pronounced in Blikster? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/39 "2007-07-27T18:13:26Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] It’s just nice to be noticed. [/QUOTE] It’s nice to be not iced? It’s nice to be no-tic Ed? ---
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222/40 "2007-07-27T18:25:59Z")
The ‘e’ in ‘mange’ should be pronounced roughly like the English schwa. The rule of three consonants dictates that if an ‘e’ is not at the beginning or end of a word, and there are two consecutive consonants either before or after, the ‘e’ cannot be elided. This not an airtight law however. Double consonants do not apply. And I believe there may be cases in which it may not apply if a consonant is not vocalized. But this is the general gist of the matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangetout/413222.md?page=3)