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Spanky
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 Message 9 of 10
26 August 2011 at 8:38am | IP Logged 
misslanguages wrote:
IVONA disappointed me a little. The TTS software can't pronounce
"penchant" in English.


misslanguages wrote:
It's not a French word.
It's an English word. I'm currently studying SAT vocabulary and I needed to have it
pronounced.


Qu'est-ce que c'est le mot français pour "nope"?

The word "penchant" is certainly of French origin.   I believe, subject to correction
by someone who may actually speak French that "penchant" is actually in use in French
as a French word as well, n'est-ce pas?

There are two accepted pronunciations of "penchant" in English, one considerably more
pretentious but nonetheless correct. IVONA did not get it wrong. Feel disappointed as
you may like in that site, but to do so for that reason would not be fair.   


Edited by Spanky on 26 August 2011 at 8:52am

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 Message 10 of 10
28 August 2011 at 12:23pm | IP Logged 
What are the two accepted pronunciations of "penchant"? Which is the pretentious one, and why?

Edited by mrwarper on 28 August 2011 at 12:23pm

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