It's funny but when I think about how I pronounce it, I mentally put a
silent "g" on the front to capture the nasal quality. I think of it as
a sort of palatal nasal consonant.

(g)nuor

On 2/7/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The word in french for the English word "Black"
>
> I pronounce it "Nawahr"
>
> someone today told me that its "Nwarrr" and that it was a california
> thing to pronounce it "Nawah"
>
> i told him, dude, i took 8 years of freakin french, and i know how the
> fuck to pronounce Noir!
>
> tw
>
> 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196240
Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5
Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5
Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

Reply via email to