• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I took five years of French in high school and college. I can conjugate the shit out of a subjunctive clause, but hearing people speak French still sounds like szhluhblepluh.

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      13 days ago

      To be fair, most French speakers would say the same thing when talking to Quebecois.

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        But that’s because the French are assholes, loveable assholes but assholes nonetheless.

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          I’ve never met a friendlier group of people who are absolute snobs about proper pronunciation, except English majors who are super into Linux (arch, obv)

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            Now I’m just imagining that arch is pronounced unexpectedly. Please don’t correct me, I like my headcanon of “airtch.”

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              It differs even between Linux nerds, at least from my tiny anecdotal pool.

              I say Arch like in archery, my best friend says it Arch like Arc or archangel.

              ¯\(ツ)

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              Maybe more snobby British like Ahhhch