Comment on Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?

crypto@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Crypto,” I say in a bad French accent.

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• Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nice try, Cuthulu

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  • crypto@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

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    • jastyty@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Image

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    • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes

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• matelt@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ooh same! It makes me cringe when someone tries to say my name really well, even if I know they mean well, I can’t help it, it’s my French genes!

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So want to know your name. Bet money my American ass could pronounce it perfectly.

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• lost_faith@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  lol, I tell em to use my first name

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• dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Renault Peugeot Rumplestiltzkin

  You got any friends with a similar example name in French? Unless your name is Écureuil, I’m thinking it can’t be that bad.

  “Moi, je déteste l’écureuil.” was my practice sentence to master that one and sometimes I’m still nervous to use it in the wild lol.

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  • crypto@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m told “écureuil” is an infamously hard word for non-natives. It’s funny that one of the hardest words to pronounce in English in my opinion is “squirrel”. At least for a beginner.

    To answer your question, I was thinking about words with nasal vowels, which are non-existent in English.

    “Enfant”, “informatique”, “un brin brun”

    My own first name has a nasal vowel and in my experience talking to native English speakers, it’s seems like a challenge to them.

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    • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Interestingly I don’t find the nasal vowels hard at all. In Écureuil (and other words that give me problems) it’s the “u” that is the hard part. It’s projected to a funny place in the mouth for me.

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      • crypto@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes you’re right, I bet the French “u” is strange for an anglophone!

        The sound I have the most trouble with in English is “th”. When I try it it kind of defaults to a “d”. In France they usually pronounce it like a “z” instead.

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  there are sounds in French that don’t exist in English

  LOL no. I was perfectly fluent in French when in high school and college. I imitated by best teacher, little man from Arkansas that spoke English like a squirrel. When he visited France, they didn’t believe he was an American tourist.

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  • crypto@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Great argument.

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    • alsimoneau@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The ‘u’ is also non-existent

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