Message Forum: Re: I believe the term here is "Pshaw".

Re: I believe the term here is "Pshaw".

Posted By: Fuzzpilz, on host 141.53.194.251
Date: Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 16:35:11
In Reply To: Re: I believe the term here is "Pshaw". posted by Eric Sleator on Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 11:41:23:

> I think my biggest beef with German pronunciation is that when you guys borrowed words from French you kept the nasal vowels nasal, thus making words like "Restaurant" sound like Louie the French Chef in The Little Mermaid rather than any normal human word.
>
They're only nasal in theory. Many people can't pronounce them and end up saying "restorang". Same with other French words; "Chance" often sounds like "Schangse".

> -Eric Sleator
> Sat 30 Nov A.D. 2002

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Message:	> > I think my biggest beef with German pronunciation is that when you guys borrowed words from French you kept the nasal vowels nasal, thus making words like "Restaurant" sound like Louie the French Chef in The Little Mermaid rather than any normal human word. > > > They're only nasal in theory. Many people can't pronounce them and end up saying "restorang". Same with other French words; "Chance" often sounds like "Schangse". > > > -Eric Sleator > > Sat 30 Nov A.D. 2002 > > Fuzzpilz
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