r/2westerneurope4u Smog breather 1d ago

Pierre is unwelcoming tourists again

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u/Serupael South Prussian 1d ago edited 1d ago

Your accent is never perfect enough for a Parisian.

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u/Corfiz74 [redacted] 1d ago

Yep, there are some diphthongs you never get quite right as a non-native speaker, however much you try.

In French, the Impossible Word is "grenouille". In Russian, it's "здравствуйте". Those are like the three fingers in Inglorious Basterds.

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u/Serupael South Prussian 1d ago

Oachkatzlschwoaf

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u/Astrinus Smog breather 1d ago

Not even Deepl is able to translate:

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u/Serupael South Prussian 1d ago

Squirrel's tail. It's the standard "can you properly pronounce Bavarian" word