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Originally Posted by evman150
Also, "a" is not automatically "ah" in French. I don't think it's even common for it to be "ah". Mostly "cat" I think. Vocabulaire, information, prononciation, connotation, principalement, idiomatiques, habitude, années etc.
Edit: Somebody who got the "western" accent, give me your answers. I want to diagnose where the disconnect is happening here. I feel like I'm going crazy.
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The letter A in french is always pronounced "ah". The same in Italian. The major exception is if its accented, like the second a in francais, but if you notice, its pronounced "frahn-says" not "fraen-says."
Also, foreign words are supposed to be pronounced with the rules of the language of origin... like rendezvous, bombardier or verbatim. When people pronounce words like pasta, latte, cappuccino or cities like Berlin the "Canadian" way, they are not saying the right word/place. Berlin is not pronounced "burrlinn" its "bairleen". Latte is "lawtee" not "laetee". Its Caw-puccino not Caepuccino. We don't go saying "bom-barr-deer", or "ren-des-voos" cause even though that might be the "Canadian" way to pronounce words, we know its wrong.
My answers were totally correct for the way I talk. Albertans tend to have a neutral accent, and don't always have the Canadian raises. I don't say aboat, I say about. Maybe I just watched a lot of American TV growing up.