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manucode@infosec.pub
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I’m interested in how Americans pronouncebourgeois.

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LoudWaterHombre@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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We just say bourgeois

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TheLepidopterists [he/him]@hexbear.net
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Different ways, I usually say boo-jwah, bur-jwah is also one I’ve heard though.

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Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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Borzshwah

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JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
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I and anyone I’ve heard say the word says it the same as the English pronunciation in this random video I found searching for how to pronounce it. For whatever that small sample size is worth.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3pMOHP3Uu54

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