Tidbits

[muckefuck]

• The other day I learned that the way I've always said août (namely [au]) is completely wrong for Standard French (where it is [u], more rarely [ut]), but usual for Louisiana French. You see, when it comes to Cajun French, I'm a natural!
• All day I've been trying to remember the lyrics to the German version of "I Touch Myself" I used to sing to myself all the time a year ago. It's maddening! I can't even remember the first line.

Comments

[pne.livejournal.com]

more rarely [ut]

Interesting - I had learned the pronunciation with the [t].

(And I don't know whether I've talked about goals in French; the only context I have for the word is Francophones yelling [byt! byt!] when their team scores a goal. So I'm not sure whether the [t] is specific to this context or would commonly be pronounced even in running speach, e.g. when talking about your goals for next year.)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I've been told that it's general for some speakers and not for others.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Those are always the best for language learners.

"So how do I pronounce it! Is it stylistically marked? Contextually-determined? WHAT ARE THE RULES DAMMIT?!"