This meme immidiately made me think of an earlier podcast (forgot the episode), where @Jonathan pronounced croissant just like the french would:-)
For a second I thought that was another Nate Instagram post.
Can you air-fry croissants?
Fat Bike transportation, that’s outside the box thinking
I’m not even sure how to say croissant in an English accent.
Why would you want to?
Croy-Saint?
Once you’ve learned a language you can’t unlearn it. ![]()
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“cro-sont” in murican English, but the “o” in “cro” is more of a shwa (ə) than a real “oh” sound.
Trailing consonants are somewhat silent in French - bagette => bag-et but trebuchet => tre-boosh-ay so I’ve always pronounced it something like “kwasohn” with the “n” a curious nasal or aspirate sound rather than a hard “n” as in “can”.
I really didn’t expect to see the great Peter Cook on an American cycling forum! ![]()
A good time to practise the ‘ohn’ noise is the last minute of a six minute interval at 105% ftp
The only times I hear Americans approximating the French pronunciation are when they’re either making a joke, or about to be the butt of a joke ![]()
This is the correct way to order a croissant: Flight of the Conchords Ep 8 'Foux Da Fa Fa' - YouTube
I see your good-faith explanation and raise you a CollegeHumor:
Between the Conchords and CollegeHumor, one should not be laughing this much at 530am. ![]()
I’ve actually never seen that before. Brilliant!



