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minus-squareCalypsoGirl@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·5 days agoOk so for those of us not fluent in French, could you please translate “La Rôche-Posay” for us so we stop chortling like middle schoolers?
minus-squareSynapse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 days agoIt’s a normal O, no accent. It’s the name of a place, not really translatable. The argument is, prononciation of “posay” is nowhere near to “pussy” if you pronounce it the regular French way. It’s prononced more like “pause-hay”.
minus-squareMadagaskar_sky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 days agoSo, pronouncing pussy but in a funny exaggerated way? I’m imaging Turk from scrubs describing what he did over the weekend to JD.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoIt’s a “O” sound followed by a “Z” sound. So, if you have a really, really weird way of pronouncing “pussy”, I guess.
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoTo be fair, it’s about how I’d imagine inspector Clouseau pronouncing ‘pussy’, so it tracks
minus-squareLumelore (She/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoSo basically, it’s the name of a village, and they have rocks there.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoIt’s not about the translation, it’s about the pronunciation.
Ok so for those of us not fluent in French, could you please translate “La Rôche-Posay” for us so we stop chortling like middle schoolers?
It’s a normal O, no accent. It’s the name of a place, not really translatable. The argument is, prononciation of “posay” is nowhere near to “pussy” if you pronounce it the regular French way.
It’s prononced more like “pause-hay”.
So, pronouncing pussy but in a funny exaggerated way? I’m imaging Turk from scrubs describing what he did over the weekend to JD.
It’s a “O” sound followed by a “Z” sound. So, if you have a really, really weird way of pronouncing “pussy”, I guess.
To be fair, it’s about how I’d imagine inspector Clouseau pronouncing ‘pussy’, so it tracks
So basically, it’s the name of a village, and they have rocks there.
It’s not about the translation, it’s about the pronunciation.