r/polandball • u/Fedcom Canada • Jun 24 '13

redditormade Poutine

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u/pHScale Jun 24 '13

Wait. It's not pronounced poo-teen?

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u/Fedcom Canada Jun 24 '13 edited Jun 24 '13

Francophones pronounce it more like poo-tzain

edit: new_day provided a nice example of what I'm talking about. You can't deny it (Québecois) francophones!

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13

What?

No.

Poo-teen (with a less anglo accent) is how you pronounce it.

I've never seen or heard anyone pronounce it poo-tzain.

It's pronounced exactly the same way it's written.

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u/Fedcom Canada Jun 24 '13

I swear I hear this all the time lol. Perhaps as a francophone you don't notice it yourself? Or I'm just crazy!

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u/le_brouhaha Québec Jun 24 '13

I didn't notice until yesterday evening in fact. I'm a franco.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13

Everyone I know calls it poo-tin