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then we should change bit(s) because it means dick/penis in french /s

by gryn 10mo ago

School-Cotton 10mo ago
bit (in English) is not pronounced the same as bite (in French). The French word is closer in pronunciation to “beet” or “beat” in English. Also, “coq” and “cock” are not really pronounced the same either. The English word with the closest pronunciation to “coq” is “coke”.
- Narishma 10mo ago
  > bit (in English) is not pronounced the same as bite (in French). The French word is closer in pronunciation to “beet” or “beat” in English. Wrong, it's pronounced exactly like the English "bit".
  - School-Cotton 10mo ago
    That’s not true, at least in France. Perhaps it’s true in some other dialect, e.g. Quebec French; I don’t know. From Wiktionary, the pronunciation of English bit is /bɪt/, and French bite is /bit/. The sounds represented in IPA by ɪ and i are not the same, which is precisely why “bit” and “beet” sound different to Americans.
    - Narishma 10mo ago
      I am from France. It's pronounced exactly the same here. Kids always joke about it when they first learn the English word 'bit'.
      - School-Cotton 10mo ago
        I don’t doubt that you speak French. French people tend to have difficulty distinguishing those sounds because they are not distinguished in French. In English, they are: English has a much larger inventory of distinct vowel sounds than French (or indeed most European languages). In typical French-accented English, “bit” is indeed pronounced like the French word “bite”, but in native speaker English, it is not. I am a native speaker of American English and also speak French quite well. If you neither accept personal experience, nor what is written on Wiktionary, what evidence would you accept?
      - nothrabannosir 10mo ago
        It's pronounced the same only by people speaking English with a French accent. An American, Brit, Indian, or any other native speaker of English absolutely does not pronounce "bit" the same way a French person pronounces "une bite." Rather than measuring whose French pedigree is longer, I will put down a wager on this. ₹3? :D
  - UltraSane 10mo ago
    https://forvo.com/word/une_bite/ https://forvo.com/word/une_bite/ This French guy says it exactly like the English word beet. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bit https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bit English bit. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beet https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beet English beet

then we should change bit(s) because it means dick/penis in french /s

by gryn 10mo ago

then we should change bit(s) because it means dick/penis in french /s

bit (in English) is not pronounced the same as bite (in French). The French word is closer in pronunciation to “beet” or “beat” in English. Also, “coq” and “cock” are not really pronounced the same either. The English word with the closest pronunciation to “coq” is “coke”.

Narishma 10mo ago
> bit (in English) is not pronounced the same as bite (in French). The French word is closer in pronunciation to “beet” or “beat” in English. Wrong, it's pronounced exactly like the English "bit".
- School-Cotton 10mo ago
  That’s not true, at least in France. Perhaps it’s true in some other dialect, e.g. Quebec French; I don’t know. From Wiktionary, the pronunciation of English bit is /bɪt/, and French bite is /bit/. The sounds represented in IPA by ɪ and i are not the same, which is precisely why “bit” and “beet” sound different to Americans.
  - Narishma 10mo ago
    I am from France. It's pronounced exactly the same here. Kids always joke about it when they first learn the English word 'bit'.
    - School-Cotton 10mo ago
      I don’t doubt that you speak French. French people tend to have difficulty distinguishing those sounds because they are not distinguished in French. In English, they are: English has a much larger inventory of distinct vowel sounds than French (or indeed most European languages). In typical French-accented English, “bit” is indeed pronounced like the French word “bite”, but in native speaker English, it is not. I am a native speaker of American English and also speak French quite well. If you neither accept personal experience, nor what is written on Wiktionary, what evidence would you accept?
    - nothrabannosir 10mo ago
      It's pronounced the same only by people speaking English with a French accent. An American, Brit, Indian, or any other native speaker of English absolutely does not pronounce "bit" the same way a French person pronounces "une bite." Rather than measuring whose French pedigree is longer, I will put down a wager on this. ₹3? :D
- UltraSane 10mo ago
  https://forvo.com/word/une_bite/ https://forvo.com/word/une_bite/ This French guy says it exactly like the English word beet. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bit https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bit English bit. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beet https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beet English beet