Re:LibreCellular
by olivierestsage on Monday June 21, 2021 @10:59AM
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It has to do with the rhythm of the way words are joined. I'm not a linguist, so I don't know the exact right term to use here, but in English there isn't usually that kind of "pause" sound between words/consonants-- whereas, in my limited knowledge of French, it seems like that is quite common (many words seem to end in -re).
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I looked it up and it seems I had the wrong pronunciation of "libre". It's pronounced completely different in French, I had no idea. But still, this feels like a non-issue to me. There's nothing wrong with pronouncing "libre" in a way that's more comfortable for English speakers (like Libra), as it would still be crystal clear what you're referring to in my opinion.
> It's pronounced completely different in French
For real? I thought both languages pronounced them like /libʁ/.
Re:LibreCellular
by dragonwriter on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:55PM
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In English, pronouncing it similar to if it was (in French) libré, for the software sense, is quite common.
At least according to Google Translate, yes.
Lexical stress? https://youtube.com/watch?v=dUnGvH8fUUc