ChatterBank3 mins ago
'Caqueter' pronuncation
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Thanks for the previous answers clarifing the above term.
If someone's able to advise on the correct pronunciation of the phrase 'des caqueteuses' from the verb caqueter that'd be great.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Day cack-it-erz. The 'er' in there represents a sound which I don't think exists in English. I don't know whether you know any French at all, Dash, but it is the sound in such French words as jeu (game), leur (their), Meuse (the river) and so on.
Unlike Jno apparently, I definitely think there is a sound between the 'k' and 't', which I've represented by the red 'i'.
Unlike Jno apparently, I definitely think there is a sound between the 'k' and 't', which I've represented by the red 'i'.
QM and jno are both prefectly right ( hope this doesn't sound patronising ! it's not my intention ! lol ) Regarding the sound between the "k" and the "t" sounds, it should be pronounced, but sometimes isn't, for speech speed reasons. In speaking, I would personnally pronounce it as in "cocktail" as jno said, or "cactus", but pronouncing the sound in the middle is equally right. In the south of France,for example, people tend to pronounce all the sounds in a word, whereas in the north, wher I'm from, people normally don't. It all depends on the regional accent. So both ways of saying it are correct.
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