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>reading a book that has lots of words I can't pronounce
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>reading a book that has lots of words I can't pronounce
>trying to discuss it in real life
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iktf
Tfw there are so many words you don't know how to pronounce because you've only seen them in books and the internet
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>love a few Hungarian authors
>always have to google how to spell their names
THE S AND THE Z AREN'T EVEN ALWAYS IN THE SAME ORDER WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH YOUR LANGUAGE
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>>7481606
when i come across this i try to pronounce them with a french accent as to appear as though it is the way that they are to be said
plebs buy it all the time
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>>7481595
>tfw you pronounce camus with a hard s
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>>7481595
just don't bother with real life
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>mfw I intentionally mispronounce things like >>7481974 to get away with my overt elito-pseudointellectualism by countering it with country-bumpkinisms (and weed jokes)
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>>7481974
how do you properly pronounce camus?
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>>7482100
Kamoo
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>>7482103
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9pr4Wde1eU&ab_channel=Pronouncewithme
>yfw saying that in a conversation while people look at you weird
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>>7481613
Don't get me started on Polish.
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>>7482139
Polak reporting in. I have problems with it myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlOoSsfU6cM
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>>7482087
>>7482117
Gahmoo is terrible
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>>7482145
Do polish people come from /pol/?

Also, Krzysztof I knew it was going to be that video when I saw the link lol.
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>>7482100
Camee.
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>>7482224
C'mon
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>>7482213
I'm a Jakub, but close enough.
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>>7482100
Cam-mew (soft american w, like kitty cat.)
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>>7482100
カミーユ
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>talk with friend about Houellebecq
>didn't check how to pronounce his name
>Hu-Le-becq
>he snickers and says it's basically welbeck (huel-beck)
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>>7483481
drop the h though
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>>7483481
Didn't know he plays for Arsenal.
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Never make fun of someone for not knowing how to pronounce a word they've read. It means they were reading, not just overhearing the name in conversation.
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>>7483481
well-beck actually
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>>7482103
Not quite. The oo is more like the ew in stew than the oo in moo, although it is French so everything is subtle.
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