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I love Philippe but donât know how to pronounce it. My mom says itâs âfih-LEE-pays.â A friend calls it âfih-LEEPS.â What do you say?
Wolfgang Puck calls the sandwich shop âfah-LEEP-puzz,â and Emeril Lagasse says, âfuhLEEPS.â Fourth-generation owner Mark Massengill says, âfuhLEEP-eees.â Founder Hypolite Philippe Mathieu, born in Pontis, France, in 1877, is not around to ask, but his grandson, also named Philippe, remembers the way his namesake pronounced it. âItâs âfee,â like a charge for something,â he says, âand âLEAP,â like to jump.â
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