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in reply to a message by Silver
Bonjour is a strange word. My French teachers pronounced it 'bo-JEW-er' (second two slurred together to make an interesting e sound) with the 'n' in 'bon' nearly impossible to hear and a guttural thingydoo on the end. (French is not as pretty as it's cracked up to be.) In English, though, people just say "bone-JER" or something of that ilk. Going with 'salut' (sah-LOO, I think) is a good suggestion...
English also has 'sayonara'--we steal from multiple cultures. ;)
Silver: Also, 'q' is somethings a 'ch' sound. Still uneeded...
English also has 'sayonara'--we steal from multiple cultures. ;)
Silver: Also, 'q' is somethings a 'ch' sound. Still uneeded...
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> (French is not as pretty as it's cracked up to be.)
I kinda thought so, 'cause here 'they' say it's a beautiful language, and there 'they' say it's very nasal. From my limited experience, nasal languages are just strange, not pretty. Y ;)
I kinda thought so, 'cause here 'they' say it's a beautiful language, and there 'they' say it's very nasal. From my limited experience, nasal languages are just strange, not pretty. Y ;)
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> (French is not as pretty as it's cracked up to be.)
I kinda thought so, 'cause here 'they' say it's a beautiful language, and there 'they' say it's very nasal. From my limited experience, nasal languages are just strange, not pretty. Y ;)
I kinda thought so, 'cause here 'they' say it's a beautiful language, and there 'they' say it's very nasal. From my limited experience, nasal languages are just strange, not pretty. Y ;)
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That was supposed to read "someTIMES a ch sound." Bleh.
"There they" are correct. French is nasal and oozy. (Only mild amounts of offense intended to those of the Francophonish persuasion...)
"There they" are correct. French is nasal and oozy. (Only mild amounts of offense intended to those of the Francophonish persuasion...)
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