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[–] [email protected] 190 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No way this is real.

The waiter would have said "Non."

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No she was in a deep shock that she forgot her mother tongue and the brain switched to the next available language.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago

and the brain switched to the ~~next available~~ factory default language, English.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

... wouldn't that be pronounced the same, though?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Non is pronounced without a complete final n, but air diverts through the sinuses as if you did pronounce the n. Or even as if you said nōng, but didn't finish saying the g.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, it was joke. To those who don't speak French, it just sounds like "no" with a French accent.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

“No”, on the other han, does not sound like “non” to the French; they’re used to differentiating nasal versus non-nasal vowels.