CORRECT Pronunciation of "Cuirassier"

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CORRECT Pronunciation of "Cuirassier"

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Between watching streamers and the casting of tournaments on ESOCommunity it seems like i've heard "Cuirassier" pronounced every kind of possible way. Having family in France I checked on the correct way to say it and it is as such...
"Kwur-ah-si-ay""

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE2Z8e_ ... =emb_title

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I think everyone knows what the casters mean. If i want to say Queer-asser i'll say Queer-asser.
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That does not sounds at all like the French pronunciation.

But I guess you can not ask more from English-speaking people.
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viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18089&p=388583&hil ... on#p388583

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Is that close to how you would say it @Le Hussard sur le toit ?
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scarm wrote:viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18089&p=388583&hil ... on#p388583

French source op
Is that close to how you would say it @Le Hussard sur le toit ?
Yeah this is the correct pronunciation.
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That's also how I'd say it. Though I'm only an Englishman (apparently my accent is quite good though).
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fightinfrenchman wrote:Opper chopniks
Oh god that Unit's name gets butchered more than Cuirassiers lol
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Le Hussard sur le toit wrote:
scarm wrote:viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18089&p=388583&hil ... on#p388583

French source op
Is that close to how you would say it @Le Hussard sur le toit ?
Yeah this is the correct pronunciation.
So its more like Kwur-ah-seer?
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Smart way is to say gendarme if you can't pronounce "Cuirassier".
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The suffix isn't seer, the word does not end with an r, instead its more like -yieh
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my 1 year of college french makes me think its pronounced "Kuuh-rwah-shay" is that wrong
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ParamedicEMT wrote:
fightinfrenchman wrote:Opper chopniks
Oh god that Unit's name gets butchered more than Cuirassiers lol
That's unironically how I pronounce it
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Qwirassyé most be the most simple way to pronounce it for a non-french speaker, I assume you understand how to say the é.

It's simple saperlipopette.
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Seems like another plausible prnounciation
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Squamiger wrote:my 1 year of college french makes me think its pronounced "Kuuh-rwah-shay" is that wrong
It certainly looks wrong.
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He says that so wrong at the beginning haha, but then I remember how I pronounce words in english. :(
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ParamedicEMT wrote:Seems like another plausible prnounciation
Just watch scarm vid, they have got the correct pronunciation.
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Thanks for the imput but im not french nor have a french accent second theres like 50 pronunciations online. Third the cuirassier wears a cuirass and so i just say cuirass then stick on a "ier" at the end of it while maintaining the hard 'ss' sound in the middle. Its just my accent, im not going to go all frenchy-baguettey. If it was spelt the same as it sounded then i might have a chance here.
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ParamedicEMT wrote:Seems like another plausible prnounciation
I literally say it like this having done my own search on how to say it haha
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cuir-ah-deez nuts
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I_HaRRiiSoN_I wrote: If it was spelt the same as it sounded then i might have a chance here.
If it was pronounced how it is read, I would read it more easily.


I don't think English people can complain about French pronunciation...
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