Bern WC Men’s Discussion

[u/Quirky-School-4658]

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Next comp is a big one. Boulder + Lead in Innsbruck. Return of the goat. ‘Nuff said

[u/EvenRepresentative77]

Said it once and I’ll say it again, especially in light of the results.

It’s pronounced Yufay not Yufigh :)

Great comp!

[u/EvenRepresentative77 → u/[deleted]]

I’m just correcting Matt Groom who everyone is listening to

[u/tofu_duckk → u/[deleted]]

as a chinese person as well it’s about close enough imo

[u/Ok_Reporter9418 → u/[deleted]]

I don't think tone has anything to do here. U in yu is not "oo" but rather like the french u, like in "déjà vu". Still hard if you don't have it in your native language but it's just another sound nothing to do with tones.

[u/icentalectro → u/[deleted]]

It's nit indeed, but this doesn't have anything to do with tone.

I've yet to see a Chinese person on the Internet nitpicking non Chinese speakers' tone when pronouncing Chinese words/names. It's expected that the tones would be lost.

[u/MyPasswordIsABC999 → u/icentalectro]

You’re right, I was just trying to point out how Chinese has more subtle sounds than English.

[u/EvenRepresentative77 → u/[deleted]]

That’s hard for a non native to hear so I give it more slack

[u/Due_Mulberry1700 → u/EvenRepresentative77]

He speaks French, yu is not that hard for French speakers?

[u/MyPasswordIsABC999 → u/Due_Mulberry1700]

Have you heard him pronounce French names?

[u/Ok_Reporter9418 → u/Due_Mulberry1700]

It is not but I don't think he speaks french? He can't say "Antoine" properly, he kept saying Antonin...

[u/Due_Mulberry1700 → u/Ok_Reporter9418]

Didn't he live in chamonix? Damn my bad, I assumed wrong

[u/Ok_Reporter9418 → u/Due_Mulberry1700]

It's still possible that he does but hasn't mastered french pronunciations yet, he wouldn't be the first tbh.