cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhere does the Feddy believe Tommy Wiseaux is from?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhere does the Feddy believe Tommy Wiseaux is from?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareExec@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoLooking at the name it sounds like he’s French
minus-squareAmberPrince@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIt’s a name he adopted while living in Paris, according to Greg Sestero.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe letter W is not very common in French.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIts a purposeful misspelling of “OUIseaux” which is bird en français
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThen it’s a purposeful mispronunciation as well, because it starts with a “wa” sound.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo like the oi dipthong makes the “wuh” like how a stoner slowly says “whuhhhht”
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo, it doesn’t. French is my first language. The closest approximation of the word “oiseau” in English would be “wazo.”
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIm just saying oi can make the w sound. I don’t think there’s truly a conflict in what is being said.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agodeleted by creator
Looking at the name it sounds like he’s French
It’s a name he adopted while living in Paris, according to Greg Sestero.
The letter W is not very common in French.
Its a purposeful misspelling of “OUIseaux” which is bird en français
Then it’s a purposeful mispronunciation as well, because it starts with a “wa” sound.
No like the
oidipthong makes the “wuh” like how a stoner slowly says “whuhhhht”No, it doesn’t. French is my first language. The closest approximation of the word “oiseau” in English would be “wazo.”
Im just saying
oican make the w sound. I don’t think there’s truly a conflict in what is being said.It’s a misspelling of the French word for bird.
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