To the French speakers out there
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Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Are you all Cockneys in disguise? Also do you get the 'H' sound using a 'J' like the Spanish with Jalepeno. I have a team in Mexico and they say "Je je je" when they mean to laugh ie he he he **According to British Newsreaders in the last few days.
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Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Are you all Cockneys in disguise? Also do you get the 'H' sound using a 'J' like the Spanish with Jalepeno. I have a team in Mexico and they say "Je je je" when they mean to laugh ie he he he **According to British Newsreaders in the last few days.
its interesting - Im not a native speaker of any other language than English (and even then, after a drop alcohol ....) I'm not sure if the 'H' in 'Holland' is completely silent - I know there's a definate French pronunciation of the 'o' that may obscure the softer 'H' .. as for Spanish - yes, one quickly learns that 'j' sounds like 'h', 'll' sounds like 'y' etc, but I dont get the reverse you imply to me its all 'potato'/potAto etc - I can mostly make myself understood, and tend to go with the local lingo of wherever I am/whom-ever I am with
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Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Are you all Cockneys in disguise? Also do you get the 'H' sound using a 'J' like the Spanish with Jalepeno. I have a team in Mexico and they say "Je je je" when they mean to laugh ie he he he **According to British Newsreaders in the last few days.
PompeyThree wrote:
Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"?
Should be obvious for everyone: French people don't use English pronunciation to speak French :-O :-O
Patrice “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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PompeyThree wrote:
Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"?
Should be obvious for everyone: French people don't use English pronunciation to speak French :-O :-O
Patrice “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Are you all Cockneys in disguise? Also do you get the 'H' sound using a 'J' like the Spanish with Jalepeno. I have a team in Mexico and they say "Je je je" when they mean to laugh ie he he he **According to British Newsreaders in the last few days.
From what I know, both English and French are not phonetic, and therefore, WYRINHYS*. * What You Read Is Not How You Speak
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From what I know, both English and French are not phonetic, and therefore, WYRINHYS*. * What You Read Is Not How You Speak
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Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Are you all Cockneys in disguise? Also do you get the 'H' sound using a 'J' like the Spanish with Jalepeno. I have a team in Mexico and they say "Je je je" when they mean to laugh ie he he he **According to British Newsreaders in the last few days.
Most French H's are mute[^]- that is, they are not pronounced and the word acts as if it begins with a vowel.
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Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"? Are you all Cockneys in disguise? Also do you get the 'H' sound using a 'J' like the Spanish with Jalepeno. I have a team in Mexico and they say "Je je je" when they mean to laugh ie he he he **According to British Newsreaders in the last few days.
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PompeyThree wrote:
Why is the Presidents name pronounced "olland"**, rather than "Holland"?
Should be obvious for everyone: French people don't use English pronunciation to speak French :-O :-O
Patrice “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
Mais oui! C'est vrai! But English people don't shouldn't use English pronunciation to speak French either. Which is why it wouldn't be pronounced Holland even if the H was sounded. The final 'e' requires the lengthened vowel in the second syllable. And also why it's a really bad idea to tell the waiter in a French restaurant that you were there because the Hote cuisine was Highly recommended.