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 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6894 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 49 of 69 20 July 2006 at 3:34pm | IP Logged | ||
Ah, and I have always wondered where the "qwerty"-keyboard came from. Looks like that settles it :o). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| allesgeht08 Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6744 days ago 42 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian | Message 50 of 69 08 September 2006 at 2:53pm | IP Logged | ||
how depressing... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 51 of 69 26 March 2007 at 5:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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A word out there to those who study French. Some French words starting by ex such as 'exclusif' (exclusive) are pronounced by some native speakers like [esss-clue-zeef] rather than the usual and correct [ex-clue-zeef]. Well, no matter who you hear using it, it really sounds very tacky. Like if you say 'you was here' outside of a rap song. I just watched a sort of French aristocrat introduce his own show with this terrible pronunciation - Enquète Esclusive. You may want to copy the mistakes of native speakers but in this case I recommend you don't.
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| Farley Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 7092 days ago 681 posts - 739 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, GermanB1, French Studies: Spanish | Message 52 of 69 27 March 2007 at 7:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the warning.
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| victor Tetraglot Moderator United States Joined 7318 days ago 1098 posts - 1056 votes 6 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, FrenchC1, Mandarin Studies: Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 53 of 69 27 March 2007 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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Definitely something to watch out for. Thanks!
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 54 of 69 29 March 2007 at 3:38am | IP Logged | ||
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It's getting even worse. This morning I heard on French radio a communist candidate in the presidential election pronouncing 'ex-' words all with 'ess', 'Esscusez-moi mais l'essplication de cette essclusion c'est la prossimité'. This is so tacky.
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 55 of 69 29 March 2007 at 3:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the warning since I was beginning to think that that was how you were supposed to pronounce it!
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| TDC Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6921 days ago 261 posts - 291 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, French Studies: Esperanto, Ukrainian, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Persian | Message 56 of 69 03 April 2007 at 2:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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I heard the following exchange in a dept. store in South Florida:
-Whyzee think I be hatin' on 'im? -Prolly cuz you is. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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