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GnarfGnarf on April 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: It’s Hard to Learn French in Middle Age

My wife swears that when I say "en on in un" there is no way these are four distinct sounds.

FeteCommuniste on April 30, 2019 [–]

Depending on what region someone comes from, "un" and "in" may indeed be the same sound or very close: https://www.cairn.info/revue-la-linguistique-2001-2-page-33....

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