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[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Wait wait wait... So I only know a small amount of French and mostly from media I've watched, so unless I'm mixing words here when I've heard "garçon" (pronounced garsonne?) in a restaurant, they're literally calling the waiter "boy?"

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Indeed. Never gave a second thought to the word but apparently it's the name of a young male servant. The pronunciation ends with a nasal vowel as there is no trailing "e" at the end. In IPA that's /ɡaʁ.sɔ̃/. If you say /ɡaʁ.ɔn/ it makes it sound female.

Un patron = male owner

Une patronne = female owner

[-] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You are correct. This is mentioned in the opening scene of Pulp Fiction by the way.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Thanks! It's been such a long time since I watched that, looks like I need to watch it again lol

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