The French oooooooooooo la la

My mouth puckers up into a tiny “oo”  thrusting out my lips I blow sloftly “ooooo” say then he says,  “now, errrrh a little like a young lion cub roaring.”  I thrust back my tongue to the bottom of my mouth,  “errr” I growl.  Thrusting out my lips and thrusting down my tongue,  “oooooooooooerrrrrrrrrr”. “ Non, Non, pas comme ça” (not like that)  I continue to try until my lips have gone numb and my tongue hangs limp.

 

This is the French our sound which is in, cour, tour, Louraine, courir, among thousand other French words.

 

After 10 years in France I finally can correctly pronounce “feuille”.  At this rate who knows what my correctly pronounced last words will be.

 

 

I can pronounce “les gros mots” (swear words) very well.  The French usually find it funny with my tiny little accent “à couper à couteau” (cut with a knife).  However… at a cocktail it would not be considered very elegant to espouse on the vitures of your neighbor’s mother.

 

Rosy, the other American in the “coin perdu” was a French teacher.  She thinks I will succeed with my “oooooerrrr”.  We will see.

 

 

Kristi anderson

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