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slinky

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May 15, 2008, 2:43:15 PM5/15/08
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Thanks in advance, can anyone tell me how to pronounce this French
phrase?: "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose‏"

Brian

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May 15, 2008, 4:39:49 PM5/15/08
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slinky wrote:
> Thanks in advance, can anyone tell me how to pronounce this French
> phrase?: "plus ça change, plus c'est la même choseş"

Plu (not oo but between oo and euh) sa shonge, plus say la mem shose


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May 15, 2008, 5:20:42 PM5/15/08
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> Thanks in advance, can anyone tell me how to pronounce this French
> phrase?: "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose‏"
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> Brian

Well, if I translate it would give "More it changes, more the same" If I
try to translate with a plus it would give "Another Day, Same shit"

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R.V.Gronoff

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> Thanks in advance, can anyone tell me how to pronounce this French
> phrase?: "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose‏"
>

In french, "u" sounds like "i" with the lips in position to say "o".
"An" is a nasalized "a" (like "aõ" in portuguese): just say "ah" with the
air coming out of your mouth and your nose together. It's like "I can't
dance" with an English accent, except you don't pronounce the "n" at all.

So it goes like:
"Plu sah chaõzh, plu seh lah mem shoz."

R.V.Gronoff

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> Thanks in advance, can anyone tell me how to pronounce this French
> phrase?: "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose‏"
>

In french, "u" sounds like "i" (as in "big") with the lips in position to
say "o".
"An" is a nasalized "a" (pron "ah"), like "aõ" in portuguese: just say "ah"

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