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> The phrase is "bon mot" (pronounced "baw mow", roughly) You pronounce either "bon mot" or "baw mow" differently than I do.
by xapata 3y ago
> The phrase is "bon mot" (pronounced "baw mow", roughly)
You pronounce either "bon mot" or "baw mow" differently than I do.
- denton-scratch 3y ago"Baw mow" is my attempt to write down how a typical Englishman who knows some French might say it. A "typical Englishman" generally has an awful French accent. I don't know how to represent a real French accent phonetically! (IPA is beyond me)
- xapata 3y agoTo be fair, the typical French person has a thick accent in English. While the "n" in "bon" isn't strong, it's still there. Or half there. Hard to describe. I'm not familiar with IPA either.