Jhogenbaum@leminal.space to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 13 days agoGringos out here wilin'leminal.spaceexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down16
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minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoOh! I pronounced Les with a voiced final consonant, so it never even occurred to me to pronounce it that way. That’s clever.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoI’m not sure what that means. Did you think it was pronounced Lez/Liz?
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoYeah. Like “Leslie”, without the “lie”. Or like the French plural definite article (when the final consonant is pronounced due to a liaison) “les”.
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Oh! I pronounced Les with a voiced final consonant, so it never even occurred to me to pronounce it that way. That’s clever.
I’m not sure what that means. Did you think it was pronounced Lez/Liz?
Yeah. Like “Leslie”, without the “lie”. Or like the French plural definite article (when the final consonant is pronounced due to a liaison) “les”.