Society, in general

You know how I am, always making fun of my and other peoples' understanding or pronunciation of words. My latest kick is hearing American and British media announcers struggle with Société Générale, much in the news lately. Now, granted, I don't speak a whole lotta French myself, but I do know it is not supposed to be pronounced: "sosee-eh-TAY generALie" or anything very close to that ;-)