French Riviera: Cannes and Antibes
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Really? I guess the Phocaeans from 300BC and the Romans 150 years later don't count.
What an ill-informed amateur - no doubt funded and scripted by an intern at the Antibes Tourist Board.
Sniping at Cannes and St Tropez too? I guess you couldn't even afford a beach chair there. Leave you jealous politics at home (a studio in Queens perhaps) and concentrate on the facts.
Oh sorry - you can't even get basic history correct. I mean - do you really think the whole of France just ignored Antibes until the 1920's?
Who do you think built the two large stone towers that you mention? They're not exactly Sears Home Siding are they?
Date: 2020-08-09
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Dave
CANNES -- is said the same as CAN in TIN CAN or CAN OF BEANS -- it's not KHAN. I am a French speaking person and when I heard people say KHAN it makes me nuts. I mean, if you are doing a video about a city, please pronounce it properly. If you know to say tin CAN with a neutral American accent, you have accidentally given the correct FRENCH pronunciation for Cannes. I know it's hard to believe, but it's true. If You say KHAN or KHANS to a French person, it's like hearing nails on a chalkboard. This really bugged me because the guy who made the video seems to have BEEN THERE -- he must have heard the natives say the name of the town. Ok -- that's enough.
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CANNES -- is said the same as CAN in TIN CAN or CAN OF BEANS -- it's not KHAN. I am a French speaking person and when I heard people say KHAN it makes me nuts. I mean, if you are doing a video about a city, please pronounce it properly. If you know to say tin CAN with a neutral American accent, you have accidentally given the correct FRENCH pronunciation for Cannes. I know it's hard to believe, but it's true. If You say KHAN or KHANS to a French person, it's like hearing nails on a chalkboard. This really bugged me because the guy who made the video seems to have BEEN THERE -- he must have heard the natives say the name of the town. Ok -- that's enough.
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Dan
can is as good as can be expected from an american but it's a little different from that. it's more like cun with a hint of uh after. a somewhat imperceptible second syllable. but not quite cun. the u is a bit towards and a sound but not the prolonged a in can.
here you can hear it: forvo. com/word/cannes/
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can is as good as can be expected from an american but it's a little different from that. it's more like cun with a hint of uh after. a somewhat imperceptible second syllable. but not quite cun. the u is a bit towards and a sound but not the prolonged a in can.
here you can hear it: forvo. com/word/cannes/
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Rick, isn't Cannes pronounced can as in can of corn? When I asked a French lady, that's what she told me. Actually this is a clip from Rick Steves' PBS show, so it must have been a while ago.
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Rick, isn't Cannes pronounced can as in can of corn? When I asked a French lady, that's what she told me. Actually this is a clip from Rick Steves' PBS show, so it must have been a while ago.
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Leszek
I'm waiting for Calanques, Camarque, Arles and Cassis: -)
Best regards and greetings from Poland.
PS. When movies about Poland? (Wroclaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw)
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I'm waiting for Calanques, Camarque, Arles and Cassis: -)
Best regards and greetings from Poland.
PS. When movies about Poland? (Wroclaw, Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw)
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Mathijs
Trust me, Cannes is really dull! Mougins, Antibes, Eze and other more quaint places (except Monaco, definitely go there) are much nicer to visit
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Trust me, Cannes is really dull! Mougins, Antibes, Eze and other more quaint places (except Monaco, definitely go there) are much nicer to visit
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bokeflo
I hope to travel through the French Riviera one day and I'll definitely put Antibes, and the beach there, on my list of destinations.
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I hope to travel through the French Riviera one day and I'll definitely put Antibes, and the beach there, on my list of destinations.
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