An interesting explanation posted on the net, discussing how to pronounce: Carrefour.
You're all wrong. Carrefour is owned by a French of Chinese descent - Cantonese to be precise. He started the successful business with money provided by his maternal uncle. In order to thank and honour his uncle for the start-up assistance, he decided to name it after his uncle.
Out of sheer respect, he could not bring himself to use his uncle's common name. So he called it the way he would always call his favourite uncle in the Cantonese dialect and i.e. --- Cow-Foo ---
Note: This is a joke. Carrefour in French refers to a crossroad, a public square or a plaza.
'Cow-foo' in Cantonese means uncle as in mother's brother.
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