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PugJesus@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year ago

Explain French

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  • dariusj18@lemmy.world
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    Start each word and then decide it’s not worth the effort and trail off

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      See also English place names.

      “Scrumbwickshireford has been continuously inhabited since the reign of Æthelred the Unready, and people could not be arsed at a rate of one letter per generation. Hence its modern pronunciation: Sheffield.”

  • jbrains@sh.itjust.works
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    They begin to pronounce words, then suddenly go on strike.

  • teft@lemmy.world
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    It’s really weird for me as a spanish speaker. I can nearly read french since a lot of the words are cognates but when i hear it spoken i might understand one word in twenty. Their pronunciations are fucked.

  • BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world
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    And Portuguese is a mix of French and Spanish, but if it was mixed together by drunk who didn’t know either of those languages

    I’m struggling learning Portuguese is what I’m trying to say

    • Dagnet@lemmy.world
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      Portuguese is my native language and I struggle with it. Hell, I have an easier time with english. German tho, is impossible to learn in one lifetime

    • fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
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      Portuguese is like catalan which is like occitan (southern French). If you know one of the Latin languages, Portuguese shouldn’t be too hard, really.

      • Valmond@lemmy.world
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        Just learn 3-4 latin languages, and latin ofc and you should be ready to go

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    “Le chateau” is French for “the chateau.”

  • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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    Tabarnak.

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
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      That’s Canadian french!

      • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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        Non, c’est du français Québécois ;)

        • Valmond@lemmy.world
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          Argh, t’as bien raison, tabernak !

          • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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            tabernak

            Non non, ta-bar-nak.

            • Valmond@lemmy.world
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              Bordel de crotte.

              Tabarnak!

  • trolololol@lemmy.world
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    you have 11 letters. You pronounce 4 of them

    The remaining letters are recycled into English. Pronunciation is still based off the same 4 letters you used in French, except you don’t have access to them anymore.

  • Silverchase@sh.itjust.works
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    ils schtroumpfent

  • cowfodder@lemmy.world
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    It’s Italian with a mouth full of shit.

    • NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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      I usually say “Spanish with a mouthful of pudding,” but it amounts to the same thing

      • DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works
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        And Danish is Swedish but with a hot potato in your mouth.

  • blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works
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    Le wee wee

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