"Needless to say, I had the last laugh"Celebrity autobiographies are filled to the brim with self-righteous tales of smug oneupmanship. So, forget you had any shame, grab a coffee and a croissant, and tell us your smug tales of when you got one over somebody.
Thanks to Ring of Fire for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 12:55)
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Yeah, bad way of writing it.But I would hope you don't pronounce "general" as "jayeneral" -- so you can make that noise just fine -- surely most people can say the first sound of almost every word in their native language?
Heck, the beginning of "j'ai" is, in fact, almost identical to the word "je" in its pronunciation.
As mentioned in another comment, I took French almost 20 years ago so I may be wrong, but I have spoken to actual native French speakers recently and they approved of my pronunciation, and I know others who pronounce the words the same as me.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:05, 1 reply)
Well, you have a pointbut I was mainly saying that's why 'je' and 'j'ai' seem to get confused, to us it's not really such a change in sound.
I think we should put a ciggy in the corner of each schoolkid's mouth in French lessons, to promote good pronunciation and intonation in the language.
(, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:11, closed)
I like the ciggy idea.I'd say give them a glass of red wine too, to slurp while they speak.
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