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Bone jaw (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never even thought about the English sounding equivalent until now.

And now I don’t think I’ll ever be able to NOT think about it. God damn it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is it not more like Bon jaw?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bon jewr

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Depending on the accent, it may also be closer to bong jewr

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What? There is no hard g sound afaik.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

It's more trying to indicate the tongue placement - an N sounds different depending on whether you place it at the front of the tongue or back of the tongue. Back of the tongue is much more nasal, which is frequently associated with French accents, and could sound almost like an "ng" sound to someone less familiar with nasal pronunciations.

[–] Kecessa 1 points 10 months ago

There isn't, but in some regions of France the accent makes it sound like it