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Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl... by explaininjs on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @02:16PM (#38463849)
Does this https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Jacques... really sound like Jock to you? There is a significant sharp "æ" sound, the same as in Jack/dʒæk
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Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl... by trealira on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @02:37PM (#38464151)
It sounds like [a] to me, not [æ].

The a in the name Jacques is pronounced as in the word father.

The a in the name Jack is pronounced as in cat.

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Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl... by explaininjs on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @03:00PM (#38464449)
As someone who has heard the name "Jack" pronounced by Americans many, many, many times in their life... that Jaques video sounds entirely in-range of the variety of pronunciations I hear for Jack.
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Re:Jaq – A jq clone focused on correctness, speed, and simpl... by trealira on Thursday November 30, 2023 @03:17AM (#38471060)
Well, as one particular American, who has spoken to many, many other Americans in their life, I can only tell you what I think.

Something I find interesting is that Americans say the a in the word taco (a word borrowed from Spanish) with the a as in father, that is, [ɑː], but English people say the a as in cat, [æ]. Different dialects approximate the Spanish [a] differently.

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