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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ashenone@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Everyday I don’t speak French is a blessed day

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• CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ok so for those of us not fluent in French, could you translate “La Rôche Posay” for us so we stop chortling like middle schoolers?

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  • synapse1278@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s a normal O, no accent. It’s the name of a place, not really translatable. The argument is, prononciation of “posay” is nowhere near to “pussy” if you pronounce it the regular French way.

    It’s prononced more like “pause-hay”.

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    • Madagaskar_sky@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      So, pronouncing pussy but in a funny exaggerated way? I’m imaging Turk from scrubs describing what he did over the weekend to JD.

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      • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s a “O” sound followed by a “Z” sound. So, if you have a really, really weird way of pronouncing “pussy”, I guess.

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  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s not about the translation, it’s about the pronunciation.

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  • Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So basically, it’s the name of a village, and they have rocks there.

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• pigup@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why do French speakers require non French speakers to speak French? Why do French speakers feel entitled to belittle others for not speaking a cumbersome language of limited use and value, largely irrelevant to the vast majority of earthlings?

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  • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Replace “french” with “English” and you know how non-english speakers feel on most of the Internet. The point is, this joke only makes sense if you’re very familiar with English pronunciation (and only some specific accents, I might add) and/or don’t instinctively read the French brand name the French way.

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    • pigup@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t go to non-English speaking websites and start demanding everybody speak English with me though.

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  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You sound like an ignorant American.

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• snowdriftissue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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• PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Je ne comprends pas

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