Ermintruder
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No, I pronounce suite as "sweet", like any normal person does...
Each to their own. And if there was a nice piece of furniture you particularly liked, that would still be rendered as a 'sweet sweet', and not even slightly a 'sweet soô-eet'?
Just on a semi-related note, presumably if you were pronouncing the French word for the affirmative, you'd similarly just go straight for "wee", and absolutely no hint of the rounded "ooh-ee" style?
http://french.lovetoknow.com/french-phrases/how-say-yes-frenchIn order to pronounce oui correctly, your lips have to be rounded and very tensed. The shape of your lips before you pronounce oui should feel almost as though you are going to whistle instead of speak.
It's seemingly taking a hammering in France as well (oui being frequently-displaced by ouais, which to anglophonic ears sounds like a flat-lipped 'way' versus 'wee'...
Sweet...
ps @McAvennie do you have any takes on this?)