This is what you get being married to a French Professor.  I said "I need to make my pâte fermenté" but I pronounced pâte as in Pat Sajak.  She said, "Your what?" in startled tones.  I said "My pâte, you know p-a with the little thing." I made finger motions for the accent.  "a-t-e.  fermenté".  "Oh," she said.  And then pronounced it correctly: Pot.  I pronounced it closer to well...  Pet which means fart.

Moral:  Be careful how you pronounce things or your bread might be more smelly than you intended.  And to think I took French in high school.