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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

francophones pronounce "chat" like anglophones: \tʃat\

chat

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago

So it's just Zoomer-speak ("Chat, I farted") instead?

[–] TomViolence@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

The funny part is we decided to pronounce "chat" in perfect english, but the remaining letters will stay french no matter what.

[–] Ethalis@jlai.lu 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

So it's more like "female cat, I farted"

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

not really, because chatte doesn’t have the t in front of the ch sound, so it’s \ʃat\ (shat) instead of \tʃat\ (chat)

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

What part indicates that it means female cat? You can use chatte for that but it also means pussy so probably don’t.