Of topic, of course, I must say that one of the most annoying things here in
England and I guess in many other anglophone countries is the way they
slaughter French names (among others!) disregarding totally how they sound
in French...
Whether an issue of practicality, ignorance or silly ethno-chauvinism, I
still can't stand lectures about ROUsseau, and football matches with hEnry,
viEra, and rUbbery...
phew!..
Christos
On 7/16/06, Garth <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Manuel Viet wrote:
> > Le dimanche 16 Juillet 2006 17:27, Winsor Crosby a écrit :
> >> I was in Japan last year and discovered that Japanese, like French is
> >> unaccented.
> >
> > What do you mean by "unaccented", exacly ?
>
> Little or no EMphasis on certain SYLLables. ;-) Unlike ENGlish, where
> you EMphasize certain parts of some words (and where the EMphasis
> changes depENDing on where in the ENGlish-speaking world you come from).
>
> This lack of syllabic emphasis always trips me up the first few days I'm
> in France visiting relatives. General hilarity ensues.
>
>
> Garth
>
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