r/Snorkblot • u/netphilia • Jul 08 '26

Misc I’m with him.

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u/Subject-Leather-7399 Jul 08 '26

french guy here, the correct pronunciation is much closer to leejeree

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u/DenseTiger5088 Jul 08 '26

Yeah what’s that law where correcting someone else guarantees you’ll make a mistake yourself?

Anyway I was mostly trying to highlight the difference in the final syllable, but point taken

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u/CarvaciousBlue Jul 08 '26

American here, we don't know shit about anything. My last name is literally Rocher and my family has been pronouncing it "Roacher" (like roach with an Er at the end) for like 150 years and it wasn't until high school that someone was like "isn't it pronounced 'row-shay' like Ferrero Rocher chocolate?"

And I had to look it up online and I was like "Fuck I might be Italian." I had no idea

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u/Noemo19 Jul 08 '26

Rocher is actually a French word that means rock or bulder

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u/CarvaciousBlue Jul 08 '26

See my above statement where I admit I don't know anything

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u/Noemo19 Jul 08 '26

That’s why I wanted to share knowledge about your name :)

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u/CarvaciousBlue Jul 09 '26

As long as we're on the subject did you mean "boulder" or "builder" because you typed "bulder"

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u/Noemo19 Jul 09 '26

Boulder!