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So I've been told... but I could never hear the difference myself!
by isolli 6mo ago
So I've been told... but I could never hear the difference myself!
- skydhash 6mo agoThe first one is pronounced with an O shape with the mouth (like you would do with the word oh), and the others with more of a smile shape (like with the word see). It’s impossible to pronounce one like the other. I’m not a native English speaker and I gave up trying to pronounce th (father, through). Although I can hear the difference.
- strongpigeon 6mo ago> I’m not a native English speaker and I gave up trying to pronounce th (father, through). Although I can hear the difference. Why can't the Québécois count to four? Because there is a tree in the way.
- l-p 6mo agoThis has to be a regionalism because there're strictly identical to me, eg. in "Un train." /œ̃tʁɛ̃/ I say the two vowels exactly the same way. After a cursory search it seems my Parisian-ish accent is at fault: https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Annexe:Prononciation/fran%C3%A7ais#Changements_historiques https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Annexe:Prononciation/fran%C3%...
- arkh 6mo agoYup, very parisian. Love how then they almost mock how pain (bread) is pronounced in the south-west where you won't mistake the sounds between the words un pain.
- AStrangeMorrow 6mo agoArguably so is “aim/ein etc” and “in”, though more dialect dependent and more subtle. The former for me have a bit more exhale and round sound while the “in” are a tad drier. For example “fin” and “faim” are distinct for me. However “faim” and “feint”