>reading a book that has lots of words I can't pronounce
>trying to discuss it in real life
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
>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
>>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
>>7481595
>tfw you pronounce camus with a hard s
>>7481595
just don't bother with real life
>mfw I intentionally mispronounce things like >>7481974 to get away with my overt elito-pseudointellectualism by countering it with country-bumpkinisms (and weed jokes)
>>7481974
how do you properly pronounce camus?
>>7482100
Kamoo
>>7482103
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9pr4Wde1eU&ab_channel=Pronouncewithme
>yfw saying that in a conversation while people look at you weird
>>7481613
Don't get me started on Polish.
>>7482139
Polak reporting in. I have problems with it myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlOoSsfU6cM
>>7482145
Do polish people come from /pol/?
Also, Krzysztof I knew it was going to be that video when I saw the link lol.
>>7482100
Camee.
>>7482117
>>7482224
C'mon
>>7482213
I'm a Jakub, but close enough.
>>7482100
Cam-mew (soft american w, like kitty cat.)
>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)
>>7483481
drop the h though
>>7483481
Didn't know he plays for Arsenal.
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.
>>7483481
well-beck actually
>>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.