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Words, by msluckygurli
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mouse, mice, MEESE. Got it! Thanks.
frogappl: well, the "i" is pronounced in the Continental fashion (like the "i" in "machine"), so the word sounds pretty much like the surname of Reagan's attorney general.
rolig: Is the pronunciation the same as in English?
In Slovene, this English word has made it into the Dictionary of Standard Slovene with the meaning "a woman chosen as the most beautiful at a beauty contest; a beauty queen". Interestingly, it is used not as an honorific but as a noun in its own right. In other words, Slovenes don't say, "Rebeka Dremelj was Miss Slovenia in 2001" but "Rebeka Dremelj was the miss {i.e. beauty queen} of Slovenia in 2001."