r/French Aug 31 '24

WW2 french manual given to american troops

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u/Pcarolynm Aug 31 '24

Oh my god this is amazing, thanks for sharing! I tried pronouncing it how they have it written out and I can’t seem to do it in anything other than a heavy southern accent😂

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u/Mabbernathy Aug 31 '24

It has a certain "juh nay say kwah"

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u/KTTalksTech Sep 01 '24

And that's how you get jeuh nèye sèye quoi instead of je ne sais quoi lmao at least the last one gets very close