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Oct 15, 2020
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PGVikingDad
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Lesson: Shouldn't try to pronounce foreign words like a native speaker.
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"Rendezvous" almost every time I read it, I mispronounce it... Think I'd learn
Cougar8Duck
10/15/20 1:05am
Most Americans mispronounce it.
Crowgar
10/15/20 1:25am
I like ron-day-voo better than whatever this is.
Mike Honcho
10/15/20 1:39am
Pronouncing foreign words as if you were speaking that language is grating
eysikal
10/15/20 1:42am
If you can say Honcho, you can say Hōndezvous. 😄
Crowgar
10/15/20 1:43am
I don’t even know what that is or how it’s supposed to sound
Mike Honcho
10/15/20 1:52am
But are you saying Honcho right?
Repete397
10/15/20 8:46am
Other than the French R, you basically are and I would make fun of anybody using a French R unless speaking French
Solomon Levi
10/15/20 7:48am
It's not a mispronunciation in America if most people say it that way
zuko
10/15/20 1:43am
Yeah. Why is French word even in the English dictionary?
South_A
10/15/20 6:16am
It's now an English word with a french origin.
A Drew Aitch
10/15/20 7:58am
French orgin but not the same word. Its a different language.
South_A
10/15/20 10:00am
So..."Nicaragua" = "Nee-kay-RAH-wah," then?
PGVikingDad
10/15/20 6:19am
Not ‘kay’. More like like “cah”
Cougarclaw
10/15/20 7:11am
Not “wah” either.
eysikal
10/15/20 8:17am
Lesson: Shouldn't try to pronounce foreign words like a native speaker.
PGVikingDad
10/15/20 8:37am
That actually depends on which spanish accent you're using
Cougarclaw
10/15/20 8:44am
How about “epitome”?
ldssdl
10/15/20 1:54am
And ad-vert-is-ment
Y05
10/15/20 3:27am
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jcougars7
10/15/20 3:44am
"I'm the epitome of public enemy" Thanks Rivers.
sethj250
10/15/20 4:12am
Just remember the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division's motto
ral1988
10/15/20 3:12am
Every language bends foreign words to conform, sometimes hilariously.
ReyOso
10/15/20 5:55am
Japanese does things like that, too.
BYUHgrad
10/15/20 6:08am
Still remember the first tine I read the word "fatigue"
South_A
10/15/20 6:20am
RE: "Rendezvous" almost every time I read it, I mispronounce it... Think I'd
FastForward
10/15/20 8:35am
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