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OMG - Obama just mispronounced France's President's name twice.
Posted: Jul 15, 2016
His name is Hollande. The "H" is silent and the "d" sound at the end is nearly so. Iit's pronounced "O-lahn". See link below.
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How embarrassing. He does much better with - Muslim names. nm
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~eye roll~ - why did somebody not
[ In Reply To ..]tell him before he started. Gawd
I guess one would assume he would already know OR it - could be he read the teleprompter
[ In Reply To ..]incorrectly.
Wrong. You do not understand the nuances of French pronunciation. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]The H is not entirely silent, just very soft. The de is definitely not silent. Bush still mispronounces nuclear!
Right. Lived in Quebec age 5-11 and France from 20 to almost 25. - I speak French un peu, you think?
[ In Reply To ..]For all intents and purposes, the "H" is almost huffed back in the throat and essentially inaudible, and you would only BARELY hear the terminal "d" sound if the next word began with a vowel - as in "Monsieur Hollande, avez-vous mon stylo?"
You would tell a non-French speaker like Obama to pronounce it exactly as I said in my original post. I require no instruction from you.
How's that foot tasting?
Remember when he said corpse-man, said we had 57 states, - calls the British Embassy the
[ In Reply To ..]English place, signs the wrong year in the London Westminster Abby's guest book and Michelle hugged the Queen (major yikes, you DON'T do that!), said he didn't know how to say wheeling and dealing in Austrian (there is no Austrian language). I could go on but not enough time.
Mispronounces corpse-man twice...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlkK65y_-T4
Bush mispronounced some doozies too! - No one is perfect. nm
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Yes, and people pilloried him no end on late night TV, - forums including this one, etc.
[ In Reply To ..]Good for the goose is good for the gander.
The press NEVER reported it and played it down. I mean - come on, 57 states? What a hoot.
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Try this one. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]http://www.pronounceitright.com/
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