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auteur
1 : a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory; broadly: director c
2 : an artist (as a musician or writer) whose > style and practice are distinctive

I was wondering if the average person would know how to pronounce (or spell) the word (since it was originally a French word).

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Do you know how to pronounce it? If so, perhaps you'd like to tell us. – Barrie England Oct 27 '12 at 10:27
The average person would probably not use that word, and the sort of person who would use it probably knows how to pronounce it. This seems to be a pointless question. – Roaring Fish Oct 27 '12 at 10:55
Film buffs know how to pronounce it, but the average person isn't a film buff. I used to watch a lot of movies and talk about films with my Hollywood film-editor friend, but I never used the word unless I had to (maybe 100 times in my entire life = less than 1.5 times a year), and because I also speak French, I know how to pronounce it in French and in English and how to spell it. But I still have to pay whatever Starbucks charges for a cup of coffee when I order one there (not often these days). – Bill Franke Oct 27 '12 at 11:19
do you mean the proper French pronunciation or the proper English pronunciation? I can't imagine that anybody who doesn't know French gets the French correct. – Peter Shor Oct 27 '12 at 13:25
I have no idea how it'd be pronounced in English, as I'd most likely pronounce it as it is found in French. – deutschZuid Oct 29 '12 at 22:43

closed as not constructive by J.R., Richard Rodriguez, Roaring Fish, tchrist, RegDwighт♦ Oct 27 '12 at 12:18

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