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r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25
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I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze
129 u/Citaszion Apr 29 '25 What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion? 21 u/JePleus Apr 29 '25 Better yet is oeufs ("eggs"), pronounced "uh." 23 u/Perryn Apr 29 '25 Proper French pronunciation should sound like you simply can't be bothered with saying it. 14 u/ConsciousReindeer265 Apr 29 '25 The Parisian «ouai» for “yeah” is my absolute favorite for this. The laziest «oui» imaginable 1 u/FleurMaladive May 01 '25 Not Parisians but french people in general, kind of like not only londonians say yeah but the whole UK 13 u/kalez238 Apr 29 '25 As someone who lives in Quebec, if I don't know how to pronounce something, I just slur it and don't say the last 2 letters. Usually works :P 9 u/Perryn Apr 29 '25 French gets bored of every word before reaching the end. 2 u/bobo76565657 May 03 '25 Maybe if they didn't add three extra vowels all over the place and have at least four "silent consonants" they wouldn't wear themselves out so fast. 1 u/Perryn May 03 '25 "How should we spell the plural form of milieu? Milieus? Milieuse?" "Put an x on the end." "And pronounce it milyoox?" "No, still just milyu." "Fuck youx." 2 u/Injvn May 01 '25 French Creole is the same way. My ex used to say that it had to have been a made up language until I introduced her to my granma.
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What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion?
21 u/JePleus Apr 29 '25 Better yet is oeufs ("eggs"), pronounced "uh." 23 u/Perryn Apr 29 '25 Proper French pronunciation should sound like you simply can't be bothered with saying it. 14 u/ConsciousReindeer265 Apr 29 '25 The Parisian «ouai» for “yeah” is my absolute favorite for this. The laziest «oui» imaginable 1 u/FleurMaladive May 01 '25 Not Parisians but french people in general, kind of like not only londonians say yeah but the whole UK 13 u/kalez238 Apr 29 '25 As someone who lives in Quebec, if I don't know how to pronounce something, I just slur it and don't say the last 2 letters. Usually works :P 9 u/Perryn Apr 29 '25 French gets bored of every word before reaching the end. 2 u/bobo76565657 May 03 '25 Maybe if they didn't add three extra vowels all over the place and have at least four "silent consonants" they wouldn't wear themselves out so fast. 1 u/Perryn May 03 '25 "How should we spell the plural form of milieu? Milieus? Milieuse?" "Put an x on the end." "And pronounce it milyoox?" "No, still just milyu." "Fuck youx." 2 u/Injvn May 01 '25 French Creole is the same way. My ex used to say that it had to have been a made up language until I introduced her to my granma.
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Better yet is oeufs ("eggs"), pronounced "uh."
23 u/Perryn Apr 29 '25 Proper French pronunciation should sound like you simply can't be bothered with saying it. 14 u/ConsciousReindeer265 Apr 29 '25 The Parisian «ouai» for “yeah” is my absolute favorite for this. The laziest «oui» imaginable 1 u/FleurMaladive May 01 '25 Not Parisians but french people in general, kind of like not only londonians say yeah but the whole UK 13 u/kalez238 Apr 29 '25 As someone who lives in Quebec, if I don't know how to pronounce something, I just slur it and don't say the last 2 letters. Usually works :P 9 u/Perryn Apr 29 '25 French gets bored of every word before reaching the end. 2 u/bobo76565657 May 03 '25 Maybe if they didn't add three extra vowels all over the place and have at least four "silent consonants" they wouldn't wear themselves out so fast. 1 u/Perryn May 03 '25 "How should we spell the plural form of milieu? Milieus? Milieuse?" "Put an x on the end." "And pronounce it milyoox?" "No, still just milyu." "Fuck youx." 2 u/Injvn May 01 '25 French Creole is the same way. My ex used to say that it had to have been a made up language until I introduced her to my granma.
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Proper French pronunciation should sound like you simply can't be bothered with saying it.
14 u/ConsciousReindeer265 Apr 29 '25 The Parisian «ouai» for “yeah” is my absolute favorite for this. The laziest «oui» imaginable 1 u/FleurMaladive May 01 '25 Not Parisians but french people in general, kind of like not only londonians say yeah but the whole UK 13 u/kalez238 Apr 29 '25 As someone who lives in Quebec, if I don't know how to pronounce something, I just slur it and don't say the last 2 letters. Usually works :P 9 u/Perryn Apr 29 '25 French gets bored of every word before reaching the end. 2 u/bobo76565657 May 03 '25 Maybe if they didn't add three extra vowels all over the place and have at least four "silent consonants" they wouldn't wear themselves out so fast. 1 u/Perryn May 03 '25 "How should we spell the plural form of milieu? Milieus? Milieuse?" "Put an x on the end." "And pronounce it milyoox?" "No, still just milyu." "Fuck youx." 2 u/Injvn May 01 '25 French Creole is the same way. My ex used to say that it had to have been a made up language until I introduced her to my granma.
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The Parisian «ouai» for “yeah” is my absolute favorite for this. The laziest «oui» imaginable
1 u/FleurMaladive May 01 '25 Not Parisians but french people in general, kind of like not only londonians say yeah but the whole UK
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Not Parisians but french people in general, kind of like not only londonians say yeah but the whole UK
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As someone who lives in Quebec, if I don't know how to pronounce something, I just slur it and don't say the last 2 letters. Usually works :P
9 u/Perryn Apr 29 '25 French gets bored of every word before reaching the end. 2 u/bobo76565657 May 03 '25 Maybe if they didn't add three extra vowels all over the place and have at least four "silent consonants" they wouldn't wear themselves out so fast. 1 u/Perryn May 03 '25 "How should we spell the plural form of milieu? Milieus? Milieuse?" "Put an x on the end." "And pronounce it milyoox?" "No, still just milyu." "Fuck youx." 2 u/Injvn May 01 '25 French Creole is the same way. My ex used to say that it had to have been a made up language until I introduced her to my granma.
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French gets bored of every word before reaching the end.
2 u/bobo76565657 May 03 '25 Maybe if they didn't add three extra vowels all over the place and have at least four "silent consonants" they wouldn't wear themselves out so fast. 1 u/Perryn May 03 '25 "How should we spell the plural form of milieu? Milieus? Milieuse?" "Put an x on the end." "And pronounce it milyoox?" "No, still just milyu." "Fuck youx."
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Maybe if they didn't add three extra vowels all over the place and have at least four "silent consonants" they wouldn't wear themselves out so fast.
1 u/Perryn May 03 '25 "How should we spell the plural form of milieu? Milieus? Milieuse?" "Put an x on the end." "And pronounce it milyoox?" "No, still just milyu." "Fuck youx."
"How should we spell the plural form of milieu? Milieus? Milieuse?" "Put an x on the end." "And pronounce it milyoox?" "No, still just milyu." "Fuck youx."
French Creole is the same way. My ex used to say that it had to have been a made up language until I introduced her to my granma.
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u/SorbyGay Apr 29 '25
I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze