Every language bends foreign words to conform, sometimes hilariously.

Oct 15, 2020
5:55:57am

ReyOso Truly Addicted User

I think Brazilian Portuguese is the funniest. The other day I was talking to a Brazilian guy who mentioned the band Slipknot, only he pronounced it, "Slipeekanotchee."

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ReyOso

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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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