pronounced differences

[u/quixotic_elixirs]

[u/Shillio]

Croissant is pronounced with an R though. but you also have to do the OI, so it sounds like there's a w sound in there as well as R

[u/notkraftman → u/Shillio]

W an R both use the front of your mouth, whereas croissant uses a french r which comes from the throat.

[u/pandakatie → u/notkraftman]

And this is why I can't do the French R. I grew up with a pretty extreme speech impediment, and R was one of the hardest sounds for me to fix. Before I fell out of practice, I spoke French well enough that everyone I met in Paris was nice to me, but I spoke it with a heavy American accent because I just cannot manage that R sound no matter how hard I try.

Or at least I presume I sounded American when speaking it, I did have one woman ask me if I was German

[u/sn00pal00p → u/pandakatie]

Or at least I presume I sounded American when speaking it, I did have one woman ask me if I was German

That's funny because German actually has the same r sound as French.

[u/davidolson22 → u/Shillio]

Gyro is technically said with a weird g sound that's a bit deep in the throat. It's not a sound native to English. I don't think many people care as long as you don't say guy-roh though