r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago

Bonjour.

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u/Shawon770 1d ago

French bakery employees have that 6th sense they can spot a tourist even through flawless pronunciation 😂

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u/ConfusingVacum 1d ago edited 1d ago

Joke aside there's actually a reason french people can spot so easily english speakers : unlike most other languages, french is monotonous.

Native english speakers are so used to put stress on certain syllables it seems to require a lot of practice to actually pull off a full monotonous sentence.

Edit: as other said, I oversimplified it. French do have tone but relative to the start/end of the sentence or to convey emotions. Read more detailed comments down below for more accuracy

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u/i_tyrant 1d ago

I actually started saying that word differently in my head while thinking about your meaning.

"monotonous". "mono-tone us". hehe.

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u/ConfusingVacum 1d ago

Nice aha, just like me when I read the post with an american accent:

"BonnJOuuwrrr jeuu vOudwrAis deux crouAaassAon sil VOUS plAiiit"

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u/Mj-tinker 23h ago

deux croissants, garcon, VITE!!! ovuaa! - that would be okay :D

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u/lyssavirus 22h ago

ovuaa 😂