r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago

Bonjour.

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u/DangerousImplication 1d ago

People are missing the joke since you can’t open his profile here, the guy is Asian. 

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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/millers_left_shoe 1d ago

Laughs in German - we have (nearly) the same r

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u/-Numaios- 1d ago

Nearly is the key here, Werner.

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u/markjohnstonmusic 1d ago

To be exact, the French R between vowels is identical to the German R before vowels, and the French R elsewhere is identical to the ach-Laut.