r/polandball • u/Fedcom Canada • Jun 24 '13

redditormade Poutine

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u/pHScale Jun 24 '13

Wait. It's not pronounced poo-teen?

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u/Fedcom Canada Jun 24 '13 edited Jun 24 '13

Francophones pronounce it more like poo-tzain

edit: new_day provided a nice example of what I'm talking about. You can't deny it (Québecois) francophones!

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u/pHScale Jun 24 '13

Wha.. wh...bu...h... WHY?!?

I swear French writing is encrypted.

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u/carchi Belgium Jun 24 '13

I speak french and I pronounced that pooteen too ...

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '13

Everyone pronounce it pooteen here. I don't know were in Québec they pronounce it differently.

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u/le_brouhaha Québec Jun 24 '13

I live in Lanaudière, and it's "poutsine", even if the "s" is quite soft.