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> I find it funny how Parisians almost twist themselves in knots to over-pronounce every written letter of every word. It's almost as if it references the _writ
by seszett 11y ago
> I find it funny how Parisians almost twist themselves in knots to over-pronounce every written letter of every word. It's almost as if it references the _written_ word more than the spoken one.
While in my opinion it's generally true that in France (and not especially in Paris) the written language constitutes the reference more than it does Québec, I think you might be slightly biased here:
Nobody in France would pronounce the final "t" in "tout" or the "i" in "envoie" for example :)
- davidivadavid 11y agoOr in 'plat', or in the conjugation of 'haïr', or... yup, he pretty much got that one the wrong way around. Indeed, much like English, which is possibly worse, French is known precisely for the fact that it sounds so different from the way it's written.
- gerbilly 11y ago>Nobody in France would pronounce the final "t" in "tout" or the "i" in "envoie" for example That's true there are still silent letters. Ironically in Québec you sometimes hear the 'i' in «envoie». I find that Québec french in general tends to have preserved a lot of dipthongs that Parisian french has eliminated. I would still describe Parisian french as «une prononciation recherchée»