I have some French (maybe older French) to say. While I'm OK with pronouncing modern French, it would help if a native French speaker could help out with these quotes. I've included the English just in case there are any typos in the French.
'En mer sempaignent, et drescerent lor voilles;
Li jugleor leanz les esbanoient.'
'They put to sea, and set their sails;
The jongleurs on board amused them.'
and
'A sun batel en va amunt,
Dreit a Lundres, desuz le punt;
Sa marchandise iloc descovre,
Ses dras de seie pleie e ovre.'
'On board his bark he goes
straight to London, beneath the bridge;
his merchandise he there shows,
his cloths of silk smooths and opens out.'
[FRENCH] Help with (maybe old) French pronunciation
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I've actually recorded it, but, if I could get a reading of the French from you, I could check if I've made any egregious mistakes with pronunciation, and re-record if necessary.
Paul Lawley-Jones
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"There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you." – Bene Gesserit "Litany of Fear," Dune
Here I made 2 recording one where the tirade is said normally and the other more slowly
https://drop.chapril.org/download/537baf5af829ffa1/#th-FJ0LcEyJuenWzgFKzlg
https://drop.chapril.org/download/537baf5af829ffa1/#th-FJ0LcEyJuenWzgFKzlg
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Merci! My pronunciation isn't as fluent as yours, obviously, but I don't think it's too horrible.MXC48 wrote: ↑December 30th, 2022, 9:55 am Here I made 2 recording one where the tirade is said normally and the other more slowly
https://drop.chapril.org/download/537baf5af829ffa1/#th-FJ0LcEyJuenWzgFKzlg
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"There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you." – Bene Gesserit "Litany of Fear," Dune
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"There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you." – Bene Gesserit "Litany of Fear," Dune