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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 189 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

No way this is real.

The waiter would have said "Non."

[–] MemmingenFan923 56 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No she was in a deep shock that she forgot her mother tongue and the brain switched to the next available language.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 49 points 2 weeks ago

and the brain switched to the ~~next available~~ factory default language, English.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

... wouldn't that be pronounced the same, though?

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Non is pronounced without a complete final n, but air diverts through the sinuses as if you did pronounce the n. Or even as if you said nōng, but didn't finish saying the g.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, it was joke. To those who don't speak French, it just sounds like "no" with a French accent.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

“No”, on the other han, does not sound like “non” to the French; they’re used to differentiating nasal versus non-nasal vowels.