EPIC failure (to cancel the project when it was first failing)

Posted Nov 13, 2023 1:01 UTC (Mon) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: EPIC failure (to cancel the project when it was first failing) by joib
Parent article: The push to save Itanium

> That Itanium delivered the coupe de grace...

Coup: blow, strike, punch, kick, etc. Silent "p".
Coupe: cut (haircut, card deck, cross-section, clothes,...). Not silent "p" due to the following vowel.

So, some "coups de grâce" may have indeed involved some sort of... cut. Just letting you know about that involuntary, R-rated image of yours :-)

According to wiktionary, the two words have only one letter difference but totally different origin.

For completeness:
Grâce: mercy (killing) or thanks (before a meal or in "thanks to you")
Dropping the ^ accent on the â doesn't... hurt much.