French here, we say Paris.
You’re welcome guys, call me anytime for more French pronunciation.
this makes me wonder if deaf people who read the captions on TV understand accents/pronunciation or if they just smile-and-nod
I can confirm, we say Paris.
Ah, the city everyone in France hates
Signed: Bordeaux
Adding signature from Nantes
It'll be quicker to round up the cities that won't sign... Paris. That's it that's the list.
I thought it was the Parisians you hated rather than the city.
The Parisians are mostly people from all over the country that came there to work though.
It's actually pronounced Pah-Wraith
mon enfant
I also feel that way when I properly pronounce Mon'rree-all
Nawlins
I feel dirty pronouncing De-twah
Even that n is suspect. Surprise French silent letters be like
Moh-reh-aal
This is more like it
We don’t say the N or the T
Mor re al is how I would write it but yours is probably better for pronouncing
There are no rules for the names of places. Most places prefixed by "mont" will have a silent t, but I live near a place called Montrichard and the t must be pronounced
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...
The way the quizzical "huh" is sometimes pronounced is close perhaps? I don't know if I'd call that an English word though.
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
h and e are commonly silent in French.
pro tip: make no one happy by pronouncing it "mount-reel"
It's more like mon-ray-ahl.
When I'm speaking English I pronounce it Paris.
Lorsque je parle français je le prononce Paris.
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
Why would you roll? French only has the gutteral r
Naw, I pronounce it like I'm Yiddish. Idky I just can't get my tongue to do that.
To listen to the difference in how québécois and Parisian pronounce 'r's is kinda wild
Do you think Justin Bieber sprays his DNA all over the ladies when he's in Paris, France?
This will always come into mind when I here pah-ree France lol.
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