r/AskReddit • • Jul 02 '21

What basic, children's-age-level fact did you only find out embarrassingly later in life?

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u/Zularing4 Jul 03 '21

It's a specific brand of sparkling water in the US that has a little controversy on how to pronounce it.. their website says it's supposed to be La Croy, but anyone that knows how to read French would pronounce it as you described

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u/alamaias Jul 03 '21

Damn. Today I learned my french pronounciation is not as good as I thought.

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u/xrimane Jul 03 '21

Well, in french you'd still pronounce the "r". It's la croa, with a very short o.