Lingerie

I think lange is pretty close Ana. Sort of lange-ree with the middle e there but a bit swallowed. Depends how far south you are too!

Exactly, Mamie. We Northerners tend to use short 'a's so 'larnge' would be a better guide!

Since we're talking underwear, my mum also used to say "brazier" for bra. I assume that came from French "brassiere" with a long hissing s. But then that's getting close to brasserie so I'll stick with bra.

Oh sorry Ana, I was heading south in France not the UK, where lainje becomes laaainje and vin becomes vang. .

Bra is soutien-gorge though....
I need a new throat-holder-upper!

Goodness, it's bad enough coping with the vagaries of British dialects, never mind French ones!

Strangely enough I find it easier to understand a strong Southern accent than the local one up here in Normandy, where they swallow words at the back of the throat.

It's of course ok to change the pronunciation if you borrow a word from another language. I don't mind at all, personally.

I couldn't believe my ears when I first came across 'cul-de-sac' or 'ménage à twa' - it's fun.

the point was about complaining about mis-pronunciation of one part and then ... Funny.

Been there, done that - t'other way round of course. It took me many many years to get English almost right - almost, and after 39 years. So I would't dream of giving lessons here on GN ;)

Will it copy and paste? Will try. Again 2 countries divided by a common language

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/lingerie

the UK version is pretty close to the French

I daren't try it!
I just say underclothes/sous vêtements.
We live in the south of France and it's the an/ain/en/em/in/on sounds which are strange.
eg for temps (time) they say 'tang', for pain (bread) they say 'ping'.

Yes I remember being asked, "d'ou vieng le veng?"
(Where is the wind coming from?).
Answer: Tramontane

The Franche-Comté accent near us is hilarious in a very different way. So sad accents are disappearing with the current generation.

ahaha pour le veng ça dépeng:

Aguiéloun (Drôme, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Vaucluse, Var, Gard, Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse)
Albe (Pyrénées-Orientales)
Aouro (Hérault, Aude, Pyrénées-Orientales)
Auro (Drôme)
Autan (Languedoc, Midi-Pyrénées)
Cers (bas-Languedoc)
Garbin (Provence)
Grec = Grécal = Grégale = Grégalade = Grégou (au large de Nice)
Levant (Provence, Côte d'Azur, Roussillon (llevant), Corse (levante))
Libeccio (Côte d'Azur, Corse)
Marin = Mejournaous (Provence, Languedoc)
Marinada (Catalogne, Roussillon)
Maristraou (Languedoc-Roussillon)
Mélamborée (Alpes de Haute-Provence, Var)
Mistral = Canigonenc = Cierzo = Dramundan = Lipo fango = Magistral = Maistrau = Maistre = Mangofango = Rameaux = Sécaire
Mitgjorn (Pyrénées-Orientales)
Narbonnais = Narbonés (Narbonne)
Nord
Orsure (golfe du Lion)
Ponant
Pontias Nyons : Vent du matin [Drôme Provençale]
Poulen : vent chaud du Var qui souffle des îles d'Hyères à la plaine du Luc
Seguin (Provence)
Sirocco (Côte d'Azur, Corse)
Tramontana (Corse) (à ne pas confondre avec 'Tramontane')
Tramontane = Montagnère = Montagneuse

Tramontane only if the wind comes from the mountains lol (mdr)