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Ethalis@jlai.lu ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

No offense intended since I’m fully incapable of pronouncing tons of English words properly (fuck “squirrel” specifically), but as a Frenchman who has lived near Mulhouse for a few years and interacted with a lot of foreign students, what you said probably wasn’t close to being the exact same as that guy

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kommerzbert@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
For all languages I have learned so far ‘squirrel’ is really hard to pronounce for non-native speakers.

English: squirrel

French: écureuil

And the germans kill it with: Eichhörnchen

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GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If it makes you feel better, most Americans can’t pronounce squirrel either.

“Skwerl”

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- vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  “Shit colored tree rat” is also an acceptable pronunciation.
  
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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Ignore the letters in English, it helps just as much as ignoring the letters in French.

Squirrel is pronounced like skwir-rel.

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- Taniwha420@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  He he he … No. It’s closer to skwurl.
  
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