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skydhashyesterday at 5:10 PM2 repliesview on HN

The first one is pronounced with an O shape with the mouth (like you would do with the word oh), and the others with more of a smile shape (like with the word see). It’s impossible to pronounce one like the other.

I’m not a native English speaker and I gave up trying to pronounce th (father, through). Although I can hear the difference.


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l-pyesterday at 5:25 PM

This has to be a regionalism because there're strictly identical to me, eg. in "Un train." /œ̃tʁɛ̃/ I say the two vowels exactly the same way.

After a cursory search it seems my Parisian-ish accent is at fault: https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Annexe:Prononciation/fran%C3%...

strongpigeonyesterday at 5:18 PM

> I’m not a native English speaker and I gave up trying to pronounce th (father, through). Although I can hear the difference.

Why can't the Québécois count to four? Because there is a tree in the way.