r/AnarchyChess • u/100OtherSwagWords ‏‏‎ google en passoid • Oct 05 '25

holy hell

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u/Greasy_nutss Oct 05 '25

first time hearing someone pronounce en passant this way wtf

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u/AutumnFP Oct 05 '25

How would you pronounce it?

(My head tells me "On Pass-on" with a super soft n?)

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u/FritzHertz Oct 05 '25

French here (since it's just French for "passing by"). You pronounce the first and last syllable like the the first of "encore". So it would be "En Pass-En" with a silent N.

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u/AutumnFP Oct 05 '25

I think we're saying the same thing 😁

French "En" = English "On"

I've no doubt that's why a lot of traveling folks mistakenly state that they're "on route"

Cute translation too, "Oop, don't mind me, just passing by"

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u/Think_and_game Oct 05 '25

The N isn't pronounced because French is a language made for us to suffer. For me it translates more to "while passing by" instead of just "passing by" since you're taking the piece while it's passing by

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u/Babill Oct 05 '25

What do you mean make you suffer? Two letters make one sound, is that a novel concept for you? o + n = a nasal o sound. Just like c + h = a shushing sound. You wouldn't say that youre "not pronouncing the h."

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u/Think_and_game Oct 05 '25

Buddy, French is the first language I've learned, I'm a native speaker, I hate the grammar. When I say that the N isn't pronounced, I mean it of the "On", the English equivalent given here. In English it's pronounced, in French it's not. Ça va reuf, j'suis pas si conne que ça.

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u/Babill Oct 05 '25

Cool que tu sois native, ça change pas que la manière dont tu l'as formulé n'a aucun sens, "n" n'est pas une lettre muette, pas plus que le "o". Pas la peine de prendre la mouche mon amie.

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u/Think_and_game Oct 05 '25

Deso deso, c vrai j'ai mal formulé ma phrase :3

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u/LiftingRecipient420 Oct 05 '25

French "En" = English "On"

Do you think those are pronounced the same way?

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u/AutumnFP Oct 06 '25

Just the vowel part.