• Lucy :3
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    2829 days ago

    The real reason why Mistral Le Chat was launched

  • @jaemo@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m sure it’s nothing new. They are used to the confusing nature of English, as us anglophones have been yelling “seal egg!” (phoque oeuf) for years, and seals are mammals, yo.

  • @steeznson@lemmy.world
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    I told this to some French speaking friends when I first found out a few years ago and they were totally non-plussed. Seems like only native anglophones enjoy this fact.

    Then again, in France younger people might use the English word “cool” despite the fact it sounds like the French for ass (“cul”). Probably used to it.

      • @steeznson@lemmy.world
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        Ah yeah you wouldn’t say the L at the end of ‘cul’, right? Sometimes in English people don’t make the L sound in ‘cool’ if they are trying to be particularly cool.

        • @nyctre@lemmy.world
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          Ye, it’s pronounced like Q. That’s why toilet paper is often shortened to pt (papier toilette) but also to pq (papier cul)

  • merde alors
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    francophones pronounce “chat” like anglophones: \tʃat\

    chat

    • Tom Violence
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      The funny part is we decided to pronounce “chat” in perfect english, but the remaining letters will stay french no matter what.

      • Chloé 🥕
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        not really, because chatte doesn’t have the t in front of the ch sound, so it’s \ʃat\ (shat) instead of \tʃat\ (chat)

      • @Soup@lemmy.world
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        What part indicates that it means female cat? You can use chatte for that but it also means pussy so probably don’t.

  • rowdyrockets
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    628 days ago

    I was going to high school in France when Saw 6 came out.

    Everyone was calling it sausage - was pretty funny at the time.

    Saw Six / saucisse

  • @Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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    429 days ago

    I’m a non native English speaker and I’ve never heard it pronounced like the letters would be pronounced like in my native language. Always like English (with an accent). Do french speakers do that?

    • @Almacca@aussie.zone
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      128 days ago

      This is the 978th time I’ve seen a comment like this and I still don’t understand the point.

      • @TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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        The point is people like new content and if OP just keeps reposting over and over it’s annoying. Hence a very slight pushback. If we wanna get into this meta criticism stuff, I’ve seen the pushback to pushback comments like yours here 928473927342 times.

  • @Almacca@aussie.zone
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    328 days ago

    I love that for them. That’s hilarious. It’s like when I found out what Pajero means. Every time I see one driving around I call out ‘wankah!’