tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post4182341495909258830..comments2023-09-11T10:03:56.103-04:00Comments on Foreign Prophecies: Is it that hard to pronounce "Carrefour" correctly?toshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03100158343215842935noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post-61192489994951458262010-11-25T09:32:36.768-05:002010-11-25T09:32:36.768-05:00I'm from Malaysia, and this bugs me too!!
I h...I'm from Malaysia, and this bugs me too!!<br /><br />I hate it when people say care-four. and when i try to correct them, they say that i am wrong. Because apparently, all their English teachers pronounce it as care-four too.Cynthia Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00569904005976055044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post-59416722366418948192010-03-30T23:46:53.654-04:002010-03-30T23:46:53.654-04:00Great I'm from Malaysia everyone including my ...Great I'm from Malaysia everyone including my school teachers pronounce it CARE-FOUR! Once I told my friends to write carrefour- they wrote "carefour" they didn't even ever realize how it is actually spelled! Even the advertisements and when in carrefour everyone will so CARE-FOUR how stupid of them!Abdullah Bin Mustajabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02202144723643192396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post-91354943439838985952008-07-07T03:48:00.000-04:002008-07-07T03:48:00.000-04:00fyi: meringue IS pronounced as me-reng (indo prono...fyi: meringue IS pronounced as me-reng (indo pronouciation) or if you want to really pronounce it francais-style it's me-rang-ge (short 'ge' at the end)rimafauzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287421437245302939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post-86021558310601225372008-07-07T01:45:00.000-04:002008-07-07T01:45:00.000-04:00annoying me: baby sitter use to call as baby siste...annoying me: baby sitter use to call as baby sister. astaghirullah, maybe it's because our mother tongue too strong apa ya?! :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post-15645742824461598932008-07-06T06:53:00.000-04:002008-07-06T06:53:00.000-04:00me-reng...? lolbtw u're in surabaya now? :)me-reng...? lol<BR/><BR/>btw u're in surabaya now? :)toshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100158343215842935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post-49457136599666310862008-07-06T03:33:00.000-04:002008-07-06T03:33:00.000-04:00Aha, yesterday I went to a bakery and wanted to bu...Aha, yesterday I went to a bakery and wanted to buy some meringue. I kept asking the sales assistant but she only stared back at me blankly. Until I pointed it out in the counter and she said, "oooooh, me-RENG".... I couldn't help but laughing.Finally Wokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959697119637675461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post-30802274529068230162008-07-06T01:02:00.000-04:002008-07-06T01:02:00.000-04:00yep, the frustrating thing is when every Indonesia...yep, the frustrating thing is when every Indonesians seem to deem all Europe-ish names as English names.... That's why i wrote this post :Dtoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03100158343215842935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10976271.post-60807839568144164872008-07-05T03:55:00.000-04:002008-07-05T03:55:00.000-04:00omigod. this bugs me too!!!!i hate it when people ...omigod. this bugs me too!!!!<BR/>i hate it when people say care-four. i desperately try to correct them, but they just wont budge.<BR/><BR/>the same with Hermès, indonesians always pronounce is herme, while it's pronounced 'ermez'.. oooh and printemps.. they will read it like it's an english word, while it's pronounced as pratong..<BR/><BR/>but really, 'care-four' really pisses me off.rimafauzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287421437245302939noreply@blogger.com