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 Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:56 pm |
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| Chuck |
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Hello guys,
Because my mother tongue is not English or France, does anyone can tell me the pronounciation of “GITANE”? Thank you. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:17 pm |
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| Kinst VonSterga |
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| Joined: 26 May 2008 |
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| Location: Hillsboro, Oregon USA |
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I heard that that pronunciation changes, depending where you live and the amount of sun exposure you get. Living in the Northwest, we pronounce Gitane as follows:
Gee
I
TAN
Ez
... because our skin is the color of bass-belly-white with all the liquid sunshine that moisturizes our skin  |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:55 am |
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| verktyg |
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| Location: SF Bay Area |
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The fellow that managed the shop where I bought my first Gitane and later worked part time for a while had a Masters Degree in French.
He was always correcting our pronunciation...
"IT'S ZHE-TAN!" he'd always tell us. |
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