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

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Great argument.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a French name pronounced the English way?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My name is unpronounceable for most non-native French speakers. I tell them to not even try, as there are sounds in French that don’t exist in English. Instead, I introduce myself by butchering my own name, or by using the English equivalent to my name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not for me, tho⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's play this game again⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But you have to walk there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This speaks for itself⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Misandry or misanthropy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I misunderstood