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To: Dilbert San Diego

We will still say “Paris” instead of “ParEE”


8 posted on 06/22/2022 9:47:58 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: PapaBear3625
We will still say “Paris” instead of “ParEE."

It probably won't make any difference. I once said "ParEE" to a French girl and she had absolutely no idea what I was saying. It's the letter "r," which has a unique pronunciation in French ... as Dave Barry puts it, it sounds like someone trying to dislodge a live eel from his esophagus.

10 posted on 06/22/2022 9:55:55 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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