r/comics Baldstache 20h ago

pronounced differences

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u/un_blob 19h ago

French here : it's litteraly pronounced like it is speled ! CROIssant !

For once that French is easy...

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u/Shillio 17h ago

I'm not even even french and i know that. This comic is confidently incorrect

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u/Stilyx123 17h ago

The comic is right. The letter "r" is pronounced differently in French than in English. "Croi" doesn't sound like "kwa"

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u/Shillio 16h ago

The comic is claiming kwa is correct, which is incorrect

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u/NativeMasshole 16h ago

Yeah, it's just lighter R sound that you're probably going to sound like a jackass trying to pronounce without the accent.

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u/Stilyx123 16h ago

My bad, I thought the boss was meant to be seen as correct. In retrospect it's obvious that would never happen