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> Ask a French speaker with no knowledge of English to read this comment aloud "phonetically" and see if you can even recognize the words. As a practical joke,
by DonaldFisk 8y ago
> Ask a French speaker with no knowledge of English to read this comment aloud "phonetically" and see if you can even recognize the words.
As a practical joke, I once asked a French speaker (who spoke English well) to read this aloud:
Un petit d'un petit
S'étonne aux Halles
Un petit d'un petit
Ah! degrés te fallent
Indolent qui ne sort cesse
Indolent qui ne se mène
Qu'importe un petit
Tout gai de Reguennes.
He was the only person in the room who didn't understand what he was saying.
- simias 8y agoThat's pretty great. I don't get the "indolent" part though, what is is supposed to be? Please answer quickly as my coworkers are starting to look at me weirdly as I repeat "indolent qui ne sort cesse" aloud again and again.
- DonaldFisk 8y agoIndolent qui ne sort cesse indolent = and all 'e qui ne s- = king's -ort cesse = 'orses
- jaclaz 8y agoJust to provide a reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mots_d'Heures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mots_d'Heures