The correct pronunciation of Pannier

[ctcyclistbob]

Originally Posted by spiderman

The platoon/peloton reference was awesome

Yeah I agree, that was really interesting.

Originally Posted by jtakeda

Yeah. That’s wrong.
In Japanese there’s no fricatives when using the “f” sound.

I worked with a guy from Japan, Fumi. He sometimes wrote his name "who me" for we Amercians

[bikinchris]

Originally Posted by prototoast

How many posts deep do you think this thread can get without anybody actually watching the video?

It takes until 7:50 before he says it correctly in French and English. No one has that kind of patience here.

[weisan]

I like this guy. He is very charitable.

[basilic]

also, panier originally meant bread basket (pan, pain....).
So as long as you carry a baguette (which, don't stress the 2nd syllable in French) it's all good

[marciero]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

Since pirates are way cooler than bike baskets -

One of my favorite Anglicized French word is 'boucanes', which is a French word for the huts used by Caribbean hunters to make smoke meats. These smoked (jerked) meats were popular with the pirates in the area, who became known as "buccaneers".

Or then there is the Spanish word "vaquero" meaning a mounted livestock herder. Mexican vaqueros in what is now the southwestern US were the foundation of the American cowboys that came later, and the name vaquero became Anglicized (Americanized) to "buckaroo".

Cool. Like platoon/peloton. The first one sounds a little like what you might hear as a plausible but not true answer on the radio show "Says You".

There are also lots of words/phrases used "intact" in English-with the native pronunciation. Pied-a-terre comes to mind. Or schadenfreude for a German example. Okay maybe we dont roll the r's.

Conversely, many American-English words- esp from technology-are used in other languages, I think with pretty much American pronunciation. I remember years ago the France were not too keen on English words creeping into their vocabulary and there was some kind of legislation proposed prohibiting the use of English, or non-French words in official communications.