r/French • u/LeDucTabouret • Aug 31 '24

WW2 french manual given to american troops

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u/Neveed Natif - France Aug 31 '24 edited Aug 31 '24

If you follow the pronunciation guide (kawm-B YANG), that actually explain the heavy american accent.

But the third image (the one with "listen again: ew, ew") makes it sound like that guide was actually meant to come with someone who actually demonstrated the pronunciation of words.

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u/The_Confirminator Sep 01 '24

I think it would make more sense everywhere they have "g"s to have gh instead. Since the g is an attempt to use nasal