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[–] 60 points 1 year ago (7 children)

French here, we say Paris.

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

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year 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".

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

    Ah, the city everyone in France hates

    Signed: Bordeaux

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

    It's actually pronounced Pah-Wraith

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    I also feel that way when I properly pronounce Mon'rree-all

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

    Even that n is suspect. Surprise French silent letters be like

    Moh-reh-aal

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    tbh, the n isn't silent in french, it serves to make the /ɔ̃/ sound (it's kind of a nasally O) with the "on" digraph

    (adressed at anyone reading) btw, does the /ɔ̃/ sound even exist in english? i can't find any example of it...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I mean, no letters are really silent, they affect the pronunciation of adjacent letters.

    I'd say you don't pronounce the 'n' like an 'n', making it silentish, and it affects the adjacent 'o', giving it a more gutteral sound.

    Now if only I could roll an 'r' instead of gurgle it

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

    When I'm speaking English I pronounce it Paris.

    Lorsque je parle français je le prononce Paris.

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

    I try to roll my r's.
    But it always comes out like a gutteral r instead, like I'm choking on it.

    Pa 💦gh💦 ee

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do you think Justin Bieber sprays his DNA all over the ladies when he's in Paris, France?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago
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    AND riposte GG noob get worse internet

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)