I speak both fluently and with proper accent. Maybe I don’t understand phonetic notation? Please just explain what Germany is saying to France in the meme?
In addition to what others already said: The French pronunciation is also accepted in Germany and in the view of many more prestigious. I once received bad reactions for using the one in the meme
I speak French and English, would someone be so kind as to explain this to me
The word is “cousin”, which is written the same in both German and French, but the pronunciation shown is the most German one imaginable.
Mainly due to the “ng” sound at the end as the other reply mentioned, the wiktionary has that pronunciations as the 3rd one.
German pronunciation of cousin is “coo-zeng”
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This did not elucidate anything to me
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You just did a terrible job at explaining this, don’t accuse anyone of anything.
I speak both fluently and with proper accent. Maybe I don’t understand phonetic notation? Please just explain what Germany is saying to France in the meme?
edit: thank you all
Many germans pronounce “cousin” like coosang.
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I recorded my voice pronouncing cousin in english, french, and the german way i’ve learned about.
https://voca.ro/15D3C8Ao5jxU
Your description of the meme was just bad, the other commenters made it clear what the joke was. Cheers.
The french word ‘cousin’ (which is used as a loanword in German), but with a weird German pronounciation.
In addition to what others already said: The French pronunciation is also accepted in Germany and in the view of many more prestigious. I once received bad reactions for using the one in the meme