"French Pronunciation for Wargamers" Topic
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| emckinney | 03 Aug 2024 3:32 p.m. PST |
OK, it's a very, very good explanation of French pronunciation for English speakers. link (She also has funny short videos.) |
| The dumb guy | 03 Aug 2024 3:50 p.m. PST |
Ask 4 wargamers to pronounce "cuirassiers" and you will get 5 answers. |
 ochoin | 03 Aug 2024 6:42 p.m. PST |
I just ask my daughter-in-law, who is a native French speaker (though not French). |
| robert piepenbrink | 04 Aug 2024 4:29 a.m. PST |
But if you pronounced the French correctly, would your fellow gamers know who or what you were talking about? The purpose of language is communication, after all. |
| Fred Mills | 04 Aug 2024 5:43 a.m. PST |
French wife and bilingual daughter correct me mercilessly, but with a chuckle. |
| OSCS74 | 04 Aug 2024 8:24 a.m. PST |
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 The Virtual Armchair General  | 04 Aug 2024 10:48 a.m. PST |
You mean my heavy cavalry aren't "CUE-RAZORS"? TVAg |
| The dumb guy | 04 Aug 2024 1:32 p.m. PST |
No, and they're not "see ross ee yays" either. |
| ochoin | 05 Aug 2024 2:09 a.m. PST |
How do Americans pronounce "cavalry"? I often hear them saying
"cal-vary". I would dearly love to hear someone say, out loud, " Mah French cue-razor cal-vary." It would be an education. |
| forrester | 05 Aug 2024 4:38 a.m. PST |
and of course there's "nucular" |
| Erzherzog Johann | 08 Aug 2024 1:04 a.m. PST |
I think it's worth making the effort to learn. Many years ago a friend of mine decided to build a Seleucid army, as in 'Selusid'. We all said it that way. then I discovered it was a hard c Seleukid – in fact now it is often spelt that way, although interestingly, spellcheck here changed it back to Seleucid . . . I've learned some French and German, and understand a bit of a few other languages. I always want to learn how better to pronounce at least the wargaming words in the relevant languages of the armies I use or play against. Cheers,
John |
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