Can't wait to try them at the office. If they are as incredible there as they are here with just my wife and kids, it might make me waver in my belief that there is no God.
Double "el" isn't silent, it's pronounced a little like a "y".
"File" in Fr is pronounced like "fill" in En, but "fille" would be something like... huh... well, I don't know any words in English that has an ending like that.
That would be like the "fi-" sound of "fill" with a "-y" sound... like in "papa-y-a".