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'Caqueter' pronuncation

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dash_zero | 11:49 Sun 24th Jul 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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Thanks for the previous answers clarifing the above term. 

If someone's able to advise on the correct pronunciation of the phrase 'des caqueteuses' from the verb caqueter that'd be great.

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I guess it would be something like day cuck terz (without pronouncing the r) - very approximately as I can't get phonetic symbols on my keyboard.
Day cack-it-erz. The 'er' in there represents a sound which I don't think exists in English. I don't know whether you know any French at all, Dash, but it is the sound in such French words as jeu (game), leur (their), Meuse (the river) and so on.
Unlike Jno apparently, I definitely think there is a sound between the 'k' and 't', which I've represented by the red 'i'. 
I agree with QM, there's a brief sound between the k and the t - more than cocktail, less than cockatoo (though this may depend on region, or on individual pronunciation) - I just left the gaps between the words to represent this; sorry if I've misled you dash.
QM and jno are both prefectly right ( hope this doesn't sound patronising ! it's not my intention ! lol ) Regarding the sound between the "k" and the "t" sounds, it should be pronounced, but sometimes isn't, for speech speed reasons. In speaking, I would personnally pronounce it as in "cocktail" as jno said, or "cactus", but pronouncing the sound in the middle is equally right. In the south of France,for example, people tend to pronounce all the sounds in a word, whereas in the north, wher I'm from, people normally don't. It all depends on the regional accent. So both ways of saying it are correct.
Sorry, Jno, I certainly didn't mean to criticise your suggested pronunciation. My only 'expertise', for want of a better word, is based on schoolboy French half a century ago and the occasional booze-cruise to Cherbourg nowadays! I'm just glad we have an expert in Maximo to say we were both right.
no offence taken over anything whatever, delighted to hear the full and correct answer, as dash probably is too.
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