▲ 1429 ▼ English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 359 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) https://youtu.be/W9c38ck4AuE This video wouldn't exist with the Quebecois accent because the three words wouldn't be considered homonyms. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 3 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/W9c38ck4AuE Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Maybe not in proper Quebecois, but I feel like most people here use the é/è sounds interchangably. Take “Il prétend” for example. It feels like that accent could be either é or è and people would still pronounce it the same. permalink fedilink source parent [–] force@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The vowel sounds in "près" and "pré" are very clearly different, and the sound in "prêt" changes from "è" to "é" when in liaison because it always sounds like "è" at the end of words (and separately, in closed syllables) and always sounds like "é" in open syllables otherwise (liaison triggers a change in the syllable structure which changes the vowel here). This does not contradict what I said. You said "(pr)é" and "(pr)è" sound the same, nothing about "(pr)ê". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 3 points 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/W9c38ck4AuE Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Maybe not in proper Quebecois, but I feel like most people here use the é/è sounds interchangably. Take “Il prétend” for example. It feels like that accent could be either é or è and people would still pronounce it the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] force@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The vowel sounds in "près" and "pré" are very clearly different, and the sound in "prêt" changes from "è" to "é" when in liaison because it always sounds like "è" at the end of words (and separately, in closed syllables) and always sounds like "é" in open syllables otherwise (liaison triggers a change in the syllable structure which changes the vowel here). This does not contradict what I said. You said "(pr)é" and "(pr)è" sound the same, nothing about "(pr)ê". permalink fedilink source parent
