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To me, the proper pronunciation of Jacques sounds more like "Jock", so it does seem to be more than barely significant.
by stronglikedan 3y ago
To me, the proper pronunciation of Jacques sounds more like "Jock", so it does seem to be more than barely significant.
- explaininjs 3y agoDoes this https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Jacques&mid=69ABC8867AD99F7CDA2E69ABC8867AD99F7CDA2E&FORM=VIRE https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Jacques... really sound like Jock to you? There is a significant sharp "æ" sound, the same as in Jack/dʒæk
- trealira 3y agoIt sounds like [a] to me, not [æ]. The a in the name Jacques is pronounced as in the word father. The a in the name Jack is pronounced as in cat.
- explaininjs 3y agoAs someone who has heard the name "Jack" pronounced by Americans many, many, many times in their life... that Jaques video sounds entirely in-range of the variety of pronunciations I hear for Jack.
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- trealira 3y agoWell, as one particular American, who has spoken to many, many other Americans in their life, I can only tell you what I think. Something I find interesting is that Americans say the a in the word taco (a word borrowed from Spanish) with the a as in father, that is, [ɑː], but English people say the a as in cat, [æ]. Different dialects approximate the Spanish [a] differently.