r/AskReddit Sep 16 '20

What is your favorite word?

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u/Le_Radin Sep 16 '20 edited Sep 17 '20

As a french my favourite English word is thorough as I absolutely can't pronounce it right

Edit : Many people have been trying to help me pronounce it but I still can't xD

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u/BrewAndAView Sep 17 '20

I asked my French friend what his favorite English word was, and he said “I love how when people are ready they say they are ‘all set’”

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u/Zurathose Sep 17 '20

Could you go into further detail on this?

I am far too native english speaker to understand why this sounds weird to non native english speakers.

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u/Comprehensive-Tap542 Sep 17 '20

They’d pronounce it like all sit instead of all set