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By IPA standards, it's technically "kʁwasɑ̃".

While closer than "krəˈsɑːnt", "quâssòń" isn't fooling any French person.

[-] Ethalis@jlai.lu 13 points 1 week ago

As a frenchman, if find "quâssòn" really cute, like someone trying their best to pronounce it correctly and falling just a bit short. I also love the sound of it, for some reason it sounds kinda stylish to me

[-] dmention7@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

I'm curious now if there are English words (American or the fancy kind) that non-native speakers commonly over-pronounce when goofing around in a similar way.

[-] Ethalis@jlai.lu 6 points 1 week ago

"Squirrel" for me. I can either pronounce it with a huge french accent or with a huge bad American accent. No in-between.

[-] Iapetus@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago

I'm really struggling to imagine 'squirrel' said with a French accent, what happens to that 'rr' sound?

[-] dmention7@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Oh that's a good one, I can totally hear it in my head!

[-] bricklove@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

I can't remember where I saw it but there was a Polish guy who could not say "earlier". He kept saying it like "air lee air" and eventually gave up and said "before" with almost no accent.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure "hamburger" and "Texas" are a couple

[-] Iapetus@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Americans basically did this with the English phrase 'each to their own', by saying 'to each their own' just to sound fancier. Then it caught on and now you all say it this way.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

try saying "lamb" as a non-native without sounding like you're saying "lem"

[-] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

How else would you pronounce it? Croy-sant?

[-] TheYojimbo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I usually say croissant.

But I'm french so what do I know?

[-] Iapetus@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago
[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"See Roy? SS ant."

[-] expr@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

The typical American pronunciation is "cruhsahnt", with the emphasis placed on the second syllable.

[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

I have heard it range into 'Curse-Ant'.

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