Comments on: Oggi mangiamo uova e pancetta per colazione http://www.bitful.com/2008/01/26/oggi-mangiamo-uova-e-pancetta-per-colazione/ UK-based weblog on technology, queerness, language and fitness Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: bitful http://www.bitful.com/2008/01/26/oggi-mangiamo-uova-e-pancetta-per-colazione/#comment-12181 bitful Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:33:44 +0000 http://www.bitful.com/2008/01/26/oggi-mangiamo-uova-e-pancetta-per-colazione/#comment-12181 Oh that's very pedantic, yes, and very true. But it's pronounced in such an English way - if I used the French pronunciation people would go huh? at me. I had to record the audio snippet five times unsatisfactorily before realising that it sounded wrong just because even when pronounced in a very British way, I kept putting the main accent on the 'a' in Gras rather than on the one in 'Mardi'. Oh that's very pedantic, yes, and very true. But it's pronounced in such an English way - if I used the French pronunciation people would go huh? at me.

I had to record the audio snippet five times unsatisfactorily before realising that it sounded wrong just because even when pronounced in a very British way, I kept putting the main accent on the 'a' in Gras rather than on the one in 'Mardi'.

]]> By: Oliver http://www.bitful.com/2008/01/26/oggi-mangiamo-uova-e-pancetta-per-colazione/#comment-12180 Oliver Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:26:07 +0000 http://www.bitful.com/2008/01/26/oggi-mangiamo-uova-e-pancetta-per-colazione/#comment-12180 Um... I hate to be a pedant, but... 'mardi gras' isn't English... innit? :-) Um… I hate to be a pedant, but… 'mardi gras' isn't English… innit?

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