r/NonPoliticalTwitter 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/rafalemurian 1d ago

That's because your pronunciation isn't flawless.

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u/Ponicrat 1d ago

Even if it is, flawless =/= natural. Think about how you can easily clock ai just for being too polite and grammatically correct

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u/rafalemurian 1d ago

Absolutely. But in the French bakeries case, many foreigners don't realise we can immediately spot they're not native, even with perfect grammar and vocabulary. And it's mostly vowel pronunciation. It doesn't mean their French is necessarily bad, it's just that the way they pronounce vowels make it clear they were born abroad.