logoalt Hacker News

wat10000yesterday at 5:59 PM1 replyview on HN

They understood what I meant, and then the French folks I was with had a long discussion with me about how it's not the same sound.


Replies

throwaway894345yesterday at 7:27 PM

Yeah, I've been there. Apparently my pronunciation of "Chretien" (Christian) was indecipherable, and the French people I was speaking with clarified it for me by saying, "you're saying cray-tee-uh(n), but it's pronounced cray-tee-uh(n)"

show 1 reply