Message: "e accent aigu n/t"

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e accent aigu n/t

by ADT

8/24/2005, 10:24 PM

in reply to a message by Caprice

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- Miss Claire +5

8/25/2005, 9:53 AM

It is no "ay". You don't say "je suis allée à Paris" ah-lay but ah-leh.

~~ Claire ~~

My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

- ADT +4

8/25/2005, 11:07 AM

Sorry, I guess I've been taught wrong for the last 15 years.
Stupid French-Canadians.

- Siri (guest) +2

8/25/2005, 1:09 PM

Let's see...

English is the same language in Britan, Australia, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, etc... But is the accent the same? I think not. Do we pronuce words the same? No. Do words even mean the same thing? No.

So why on earth should French Canadians have the same accent that people in France do?

Siri

- nateghi

8/31/2005, 8:30 AM

Where does the name Nadia come from

- delaney04 (guest)

8/25/2005, 3:51 PM

That's very true. Years ago I went to Quebec with my French teacher, who said "They won't understand you and you won't understand them because of the dialect".

- Miss Claire

8/25/2005, 12:36 PM

No problem! I know that in Canada some people say Renee ruh-nay, for example. In France it is ruh-neh :)

~~ Claire ~~

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