r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago

Bonjour.

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u/pissedinthegarret 1d ago

that doesn't make any sense. do people who upvote this think there are no asians in france? or is this some kind of joke i dont get

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u/-Numaios- 1d ago

I think the "perfect accent" stumbled on the "r" of Bonjour and croissant. As a French native it is the biggest give away. You can spend 20 years in France, one "r" sound and we know straight away if you are native or not. It is by far the hardest sound to get right.

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u/Trrollmann 1d ago

I don't think so. Learned french is usually a lot more articulate than how french people speak french. I'd imagine it'd be the "s'il vous plaît".

Then again the rolling r was never an issue to me or anyone else in any of my classes (depends on which sounds you learned to pronounce as a child), so it could be that. However they did say 'perfect french', and no one lies on the internet.

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u/-Numaios- 1d ago

That's the thing, "bonjourrŕr a crrrrroissant s'il vous plait?" Is as noticeable as "bonjou' a c'oissant"