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robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense

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English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense

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robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    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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      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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        American English - SKWOOOOOORL

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      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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        He he he … No. It’s closer to skwurl.

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          NO IT FUCKING ISN’T 😂 Only if you pronounce mirror as MEEEEEER

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            I pronounce mirror like speegle 😄

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            Water is pronouced wader.

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              Fair, I pronounce it wa’er

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              Interesting. I say wah ter. My accent pronounces the T as a T, not as a D. Both are correct.

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      If it makes you feel better, most Americans can’t pronounce squirrel either.

      “Skwerl”

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        “Shit colored tree rat” is also an acceptable pronunciation.

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          “Yard Ninjas”
          or
          “Fuzzy Tail Gang”

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        Or Aluminum or Li-berry.

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