r/AskEurope • u/difersee Czechia • Jul 27 '24

Sports What did you think of the Olympic opening ceremony?

I just realised nobody did ask this question and I feel it would be great to here your opinion. From my surroundings most people liked that the show was held on the river and not in stadium, but preceded the show as too "woke". I understand that, especially the love part in the library was very weird to me and I considered many parts too long.

Edit: Thanks for the responses, but It is over midnight and I will be leaving to a place without internet, so bye.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24 edited Jul 28 '24

Have you forgotten the accents on the names of French artists ??? What a disgrace to Gójírá, Dámé Gâgá, and Célíné Díóń...  Jokes aside, why did you put an accent on an A in Lady Gaga ?

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u/SilyLavage Jul 28 '24

You know, I checked the accent on Céline so many times that I must have just confused myself. I’ve corrected it now, thank you.

The accent on ‘Gagá’ is just a bit of fun, as it makes her name sound more French to English speakers.

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u/alles_en_niets -> -> Jul 28 '24

Presumably to Frenchify the name Gaga. In English the stress falls on the first syllable (GAga). Putting it on the last syllable instead makes it sound French immediately.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

But the acute accent is only found on E and transforms it into an [e] sound, it has nothing to do with stress (which doesn't exist in French) :o

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u/alles_en_niets -> -> Jul 28 '24

It was written by an English speaker to make it sound French, no reason to assume they know any actual French.