French phonetics gone bad....

OGRE · #1 10-31-2008, 04:48 PM

"Faut Que Tu" [Google Translation is :"What you do"].

Does any other native English speaker have problems with the enunciation of this phrase? And I always thought "Pardon my French" was rhetorical.

MonteCristo · #2 10-31-2008, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by OGRE

"Faut Que Tu" [Google Translation is :"What you do"].

Does any other native English speaker have problems with the enunciation of this phrase? And I always thought "Pardon my French" was rhetorical.

you mean as in what it sounds like? or do you not know how to pronounce it?

espire · #3 11-04-2008, 05:55 PM

Actually, "faut que tu" is part of a more common phrase, "il faut que tu," meaning "it is necessary that you [...]".

If your pronunciation makes it sound like everyone's favourite four-letter word, you're doing it wrong. It sounds more like "foe" then "fuh."

Roman · #4 11-04-2008, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by espire

Actually, "faut que tu" is part of a more common phrase, "il faut que tu," meaning "it is necessary that you [...]".

If your pronunciation makes it sound like everyone's favourite four-letter word, you're doing it wrong. It sounds more like "foe" then "fuh."

still kinda funny, but I probably wouldn't have noticed had he not said anything.

MonteCristo · #5 11-04-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by espire

Actually, "faut que tu" is part of a more common phrase, "il faut que tu," meaning "it is necessary that you [...]".

If your pronunciation makes it sound like everyone's favourite four-letter word, you're doing it wrong. It sounds more like "foe" then "fuh."

it still sounds like "everyone's favourite four-letter word"

espire · #6 11-05-2008, 07:55 PM

Eel folk too? That doesn't offend me too much