Encourage Mother To Speak 9 Letters

[Headwig1091]

The answer is a European city.

[Tilly2]

Marseille

[lankeela]

Is this News?

[gulliver1]

LOL

[Tilly2]

It is if you live in Marseille. :-)

[naomi24]

I've asked the Ed to move this to the appropriate category.

[gulliver1]

,,,Unbelievable.

[Tilly2]

Why so, Gulliver?

[gulliver1]

11.37 Not you Tilly.

[naomi24]

Gulliver, 'Unbelievable' is definitely not a European city.

[brainiac]

...nor is it 9 letters

[bazwillrun]

stop it, you'll only make him cry, you know what hes like...

[Tilly2]

Please don't take the shine off my Best Answer.

[lankeela]

I just don't get cryptic clues - what on earth has Marseilles got to do with encouraging mother to speak?

[Tilly2]

Ma,say!

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly2, I was delighted to see you get the answer, but I dislike the clue. For many, many of us, 'Marseille' and 'Ma, say' aren't pronounced the same - it's the phantom R that makes its way into the pronunciation of bath, path etc.

[Tilly2]

So how do you say Marseille, NAC?

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly2, I have an R in pronouncing Marseille, I don't have an R in pronouncing Ma.

[Tilly2]

(:-(

[jollyroger66]

If you listen to the translation of Marseille, it sounds like "Ma say"

[jollyroger66]

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