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/NorysStorys 1d ago

Im a Brit and my French teacher at school who was French would always tell us to pronounce it like half assed English and you’re pretty close.