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Written, it's obvious. But "dessert" is pronounced very differently in French and English (according to automatic translation). The "rt" don't seem to be pronou
by HWR_14 4y ago
Written, it's obvious. But "dessert" is pronounced very differently in French and English (according to automatic translation). The "rt" don't seem to be pronounced and the "e" right before that is the other kind of "e". I would not have understood what was said to me (again, if the TTS on the automatic translation is correct).
And that's leaving out that the articles make it harder. If you don't speak French, knowing where the spaces go in uncafe isn't automatic (although written as one word it is much easier than verbally).
I recommend everyone try it before you judge the elderly lady.
Although, I may have been able to figure it out from context (end of a meal, sitting down at a coffee and desert place)
- corrral 4y agoI could easily see this being really hard to understand, to an American with no French. "Unkufay? Un days err?" I mean, lots of us have trouble understanding various British accents, before slang even enters the game.
- soco 4y agoThe running gag is telling the Scottish mate when he gets too excited "say it in English please"
- jfengel 4y agoOr get it from both sides: the host of Coffee Break French speaks English with a strong Scottish accent. (Edinburgh, I think.) His French is excellent. I really loved the early seasons, where he was teaching French to a Glaswegian woman. French with a Glasgow accent is baffling and beautiful.