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[-] Ethalis@jlai.lu 27 points 9 months ago

No offense intended since I'm fully incapable of pronouncing tons of English words properly (fuck "squirrel" specifically), but as a Frenchman who has lived near Mulhouse for a few years and interacted with a lot of foreign students, what you said probably wasn't close to being the exact same as that guy

[-] kommerzbert@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago

For all languages I have learned so far 'squirrel' is really hard to pronounce for non-native speakers.

English: squirrel

French: écureuil

And the germans kill it with: Eichhörnchen

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

American English - SKWOOOOOORL

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Ignore the letters in English, it helps just as much as ignoring the letters in French.

Squirrel is pronounced like skwir-rel.

[-] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

He he he ... No. It's closer to skwurl.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

NO IT FUCKING ISN'T 😂 Only if you pronounce mirror as MEEEEEER

[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I pronounce mirror like speegle 😄

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago
[-] Teon@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Interesting. I say wah ter. My accent pronounces the T as a T, not as a D. Both are correct.

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Fair, I pronounce it wa'er

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

If it makes you feel better, most Americans can't pronounce squirrel either.

"Skwerl"

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

"Shit colored tree rat" is also an acceptable pronunciation.

[-] Teon@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

"Yard Ninjas"
or
"Fuzzy Tail Gang"

[-] Teon@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Or Aluminum or Li-berry.

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