maplecremie

[ruby flame]

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[wet vortex]

I don’t think so

Wait im not sure to get your point

Des [z]oeufs orange

[strong minnow]

ye why wouldn't it 👀

[keen palm]

No the s at the end

[wet vortex]

Then no

[keen palm]

Why?

[wet vortex]

It’s a plural form that is silent

[keen palm]

Even if the next word begins with a vowel?

[wet vortex]

Yes otherwise I would have added [z] before orange

[keen palm]

It sounds weird though

Eau orange

Together like that

[strong minnow]

"eau" and "œufs" don't sound the same

/o/ vs /ø/

but yes French isn't as shy as English about putting vowels next to each other

[keen palm]

Someone told me they sound the same in one of the French channels

[keen palm]

Actually English doesn't care

[strong minnow]

odd. They definitely don't

[strong minnow]

oh it does. I did say the sounds, not the letters. English will never allow two vowel sounds next to each other, there's always going to be a sound that separates them. Either a /j/ or a /w/ or a /ʔ/

not sure how much linguistic lingo you know but I can provide a source for that if you care

[keen palm]

But you can say like

Sarah aerated

[strong minnow]

in British English they would be separated by a linking R

in other dialects it would often be a glottal stop

[keen palm]

I have no stop

[strong minnow]

those things are not fully set in stone of course, I think you bring up a good point and it may constitute an exception for all I know

point being though, English doesn't do hiatuses, French does a lot

[civic ibex]

or /r/

that's a fun one

law-r-and order
to be draw-r-ing conclusions
the panda-r-is cute
Calcutta-r-is one of the biggest cities of India

[strong minnow]

yeah I mentioned it too

[keen palm]

These are in British English

[civic ibex]

They are yes

just adding the cases

[keen palm]

Can you say je suis with names

[civic ibex]

Sure but it won’t be introductory

I feel like using je suis with names is like pointing out someone, not necessarily introducing yourself

[latent sandal]

Eu not eau

The sound eu

[latent sandal]

Usually implies the person already knows who they are by name and they're just linking the name to the person speaking

[civic ibex]

Yeah something like going up to a wedding or a private event and going, ‘Hey, I’m one of the guests invited here’

[latent sandal]

Like "I am the Emily Smith you've been told you'd meet up with"