To americans : are people with a french family name being mocked

just the brownies afaik

>>72165438
No

No but they may have a hard time pronouncing it.

>>72165686
I had this happen a few times. Mainly with people not from the area though

Some yank pronounce on vocaroo Des Moines and Bâton Rouge please

While Colbert sometimes comedically claims his surname is French, he is of 15/16ths Irish ancestry (one of his paternal great-great-grandmothers was of German and English descent).[17][18] Many of his ancestors emigrated from Ireland to North America in the 19th century before and during the Great Famine.[11][19]

Originally, his surname was pronounced /ˈkoʊlbərt/ (KOHL-bərt) in English; Stephen Colbert's father, James, wanted to pronounce the name /koʊlˈbɛər/ (kohl-BAIR), but maintained the /ˈkoʊlbərt/ pronunciation out of respect for his own father. He offered his children the option to pronounce the name whichever way they preferred.[9] Stephen started using /koʊlˈbɛər/ later in life when he transferred to Northwestern University, taking advantage of the opportunity to reinvent himself in a new place where no one knew him.[2] Stephen's elder brother, Edward, an intellectual property attorney, retained /ˈkoʊlbərt/; this was shown in a February 12, 2009, appearance on The Colbert Report, when his youngest brother asked him, "/ˈkoʊlbərt/ or /koʊlˈbɛər/?" Ed responded "/ˈkoʊlbərt/", to which Stephen jokingly replied, "See you in Hell".[20]


MUH FRUNCH HERITUGE

>>72165438
everyone mocks french people.

in most languages "french" is unironically synonym with "faggot"

>>72166333
Why

>>72166565
He wants to know how we pronounce it.
I pronounce it De-Moin
t.Minnesota

>>72166603
Isn't that how everyone says it

>>72166333
Duh-Moin
Bat-on Roojh

>>72166658
Depends on your state I guess.
I've heard people pronounce it Dess Moin.

>>72166565
for laughs

>>72166703
kek.. where were these people from

>>72166603
>>72166703
It's Deh Mwan

>>72167028
I like our way better

>>72167028
vocaroo this shit

>>72166333
http://vocaroo.com/i/s02wAtTDDNMO

>>72167259
That's pretty much the same way that I pronounce it.

>>72167318
What state are you from then?

>>72167406
Minnesota.
I posted earlier.

>>72167259
this is how we pronounce it over here too

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>>72167259
https://clyp.it/cmaakfil

>>72167028
Not in America.

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>>72165438
French family name? No.

Actual french person, a little bit. Not too much

>>72166333
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0HdwFp4saDt

>>72167722
Is it true that when you pronounce something french with a proper accent in 'murica you will pass for a pretentious ?

Dubois is beautiful and classy murrican name

>>72167804
you sound so serious lol

>>72167450
>Minnesotan
>pronouncing the S on Moines

Do you also pronounce the S on Illinois?

>>72167849
No, but if you pronounce the name of an American city like that then people will think youre a goof ball. These cities are American, so theres no reason that they should have to be pronounced the same way as in France.

>>72167916
http://vocaroo.com/i/s12RA5uIMZdn

>>72167849
While Des Moines' name has french origins, to claim that Des Moines, Iowa is "something French" is wrong. It's something American. That place belongs to the people who live there, that includes the pronunciation.

I live in New Orleans and literally everyone has a """""french""""" name (cajun hillbilly trash).

>>72167982
>>72168711
Yeah i know. I was thinking more of french stuff like croissant or other things

>>72168984
>like croissant
Well, our pronunciations are so different. Some of the time
(not all) when a random American really tries to replicate the french way of saying it they do so in a pretentious effort. It can kind of be a passive-agressive way to try and correct people or show off, and not some sort of appreciation for the thing itself.

Like they want to say it right after you say it so you can observe how "correct" their pronunciation of it is and how different it was from yours.

But that's not just french, it's anything. Anything that changes when brought into American English you can use a mini grandstand for how amazing you are to use the pronunciation from the place of origin.

>Oh what, karaoke (ker-ē-ˈō-kē)?
>I believe you mean カラオケ.

But if someone had a full on french accent, as in from France, I don't think anyone will care.

>>72169851
>>72168984
Also, part of this has to do with this understanding (or misunderstanding) of American monolingualism.

A lot of your young, liberal people view our monolingual culture as a bad thing, but rather than maybe fully learning another language they might just learn some pronunciation of foreign words we use and then use that as a way to legitimize their sense of superiority.

>>72169851
>But if someone had a full on french accent, as in from France, I don't think anyone will care.

oh, good.