I am thinking about making myself something delicious. Not celebrating with anyone this eve but curious what everyone else will be eating.

  • modifier@lemmy.ca
    3·
    11 months ago

    By the way, PSA for anyone like me who has been saying gratin wrong for a long time, the proper pronunciation is gra-TAN (rhymes with Dan) or gra-TAAN (rhymes with Don). I said GRA-tin (rhymes with rotten) for 40 years on this earth.

    Or at least, now someone who properly knows the exact right way to say it can reply to this and correct me.

    • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      11 months ago

      As a Canadian, I really enjoy listening to Americans pronounce French words.

      Editing to say, my French isn’t great but I don’t think you really say the N in gratin (or maybe that depends on regional accents, I’m not sure). I would say it more like “grah-ten” but without really saying the N. You kind of just hint at its existence. Maybe? We need an actual Francophone here…

    • TonyTonyChopper
      11·
      11 months ago

      there are millions of French words that get mangled by English speakers every day. Just speak French instead. And gratin does not rhyme with Don or Dan

      • modifier@lemmy.ca
        1·
        11 months ago

        Thanks for using your knowledge to tell us what it doesn’t rhyme with.

        Super helpful or as they say in France apparently, ‘just speak french instead’.

        • TonyTonyChopper
          1·
          11 months ago

          There is no equivalent in English. French has something like 20 different vowel sounds while English has 5.