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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago (3 children)

French here, we say Paris.

You’re welcome guys, call me anytime for more French pronunciation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

I can confirm, we say Paris.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

this makes me wonder if deaf people who read the captions on TV understand accents/pronunciation or if they just smile-and-nod

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't know, man. I watch a Parisian streamer ocasionally and he says Pah-ree all the time.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

Is there a woosh community?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yup that’s what I said 😎

Without joking, yes the S is silent so if we try to think with English language accent it could be written Pah-ree. Pah without pronouncing the H, more like how you say papa.

And RI is, well yeah, ree. But with a French R, the one that is difficult to master as this sound does not exist in English.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

The s being silent is one thing but I find English speakers mostly struggle with getting the vowels and combinations anywhere close, even here I read this "pah" and I'm like "no way even 1/10th of them get that A right", or indeed the "ri".