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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (1 child)

By IPA standards, it's technically "kʁwasɑ̃".

While closer than "krəˈsɑːnt", "quâssòń" isn't fooling any French person.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    As a frenchman, if find "quâssòn" really cute, like someone trying their best to pronounce it correctly and falling just a bit short. I also love the sound of it, for some reason it sounds kinda stylish to me

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    I'm curious now if there are English words (American or the fancy kind) that non-native speakers commonly over-pronounce when goofing around in a similar way.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    that non-native speakers commonly over-pronounce when goofing around in a similar way.

    Aluminum? Or is that more of a 'regional differences' thang?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If I were a Brit I would definitely make it a point to bust out my worst American accent and call it Alumin(no i)um whenever possible.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The spelling and pronunciation that brits hate was made by a brit. guy couldn't seem to remember what he named the metal and kept calling it slightly different things while his peers wanted it to have the same word ending as other elements.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    "Squirrel" for me. I can either pronounce it with a huge french accent or with a huge bad American accent. No in-between.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Americans basically did this with the English phrase 'each to their own', by saying 'to each their own' just to sound fancier. Then it caught on and now you all say it this way.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    How else would you pronounce it? Croy-sant?

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