The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 年前I could get that for you, but I won't.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square394fedilinkarrow-up11.19K
arrow-up11.19KimageI could get that for you, but I won't.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 年前message-square394fedilink
minus-squareBob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up199·1 年前No way this is real. The waiter would have said “Non.”
minus-squareMemmingenFan923@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up59·1 年前No she was in a deep shock that she forgot her mother tongue and the brain switched to the next available language.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up55·1 年前 and the brain switched to the next available factory default language, English.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 年前… wouldn’t that be pronounced the same, though?
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 年前Non is pronounced without a complete final n, but air diverts through the sinuses as if you did pronounce the n. Or even as if you said nōng, but didn’t finish saying the g.
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 年前Yes, it was joke. To those who don’t speak French, it just sounds like “no” with a French accent.
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 年前“No”, on the other han, does not sound like “non” to the French; they’re used to differentiating nasal versus non-nasal vowels.
No way this is real.
The waiter would have said “Non.”
No she was in a deep shock that she forgot her mother tongue and the brain switched to the next available language.
… wouldn’t that be pronounced the same, though?
Non
Non is pronounced without a complete final n, but air diverts through the sinuses as if you did pronounce the n. Or even as if you said nōng, but didn’t finish saying the g.
Yes, it was joke. To those who don’t speak French, it just sounds like “no” with a French accent.
“No”, on the other han, does not sound like “non” to the French; they’re used to differentiating nasal versus non-nasal vowels.
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