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chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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… wouldn’t that be pronounced the same, though?

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kambusha@sh.itjust.works
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Non

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Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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Non is pronounced without a complete final n, but air diverts through the sinuses as if you did pronounce the n. Or even as if you said nōng, but didn’t finish saying the g.

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chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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Yes, it was joke. To those who don’t speak French, it just sounds like “no” with a French accent.

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lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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“No”, on the other han, does not sound like “non” to the French; they’re used to differentiating nasal versus non-nasal vowels.

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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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😳

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