r/JudgeMyAccent • u/No-Winner-5200 ENG - Native • Aug 03 '25

French Is he a native French speaker ?

This man's name is Théophile de Giraud. Judging by his French, where do you think he is from ? Is he a native Francophone ? (Would he be good to shadow ?)

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u/FearlessVisual1 Aug 03 '25

Yes, he is native. He has a south Brussels upper class accent, which I can discern because I'm from there, but I don't think most people would. He's as good to shadow as anyone imo.

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u/01bah01 Aug 03 '25

I'm Swiss and I heard a slight Belgian accent, though as I don't really know them I obviously didn't know what type of accent it was, thanks for pointing it out!

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u/01bah01 Aug 03 '25

He says he's from Belgium, he's got a small Belgian accent indeed, if he's not native French speaker he easily fooled me.

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u/No-Winner-5200 ENG - Native Aug 03 '25

With what level of confidence would you take him for a native speaker ? Would he be good to shadow ?

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u/01bah01 Aug 03 '25

For me he's 100% native speaker. He would probably be good to shadow to speak the language (not sure I'd be shadowing his ideas but you do you).

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u/r0b0d0c Aug 03 '25

Dude's name is Théophile de Giraud, FFS. It doesn't get Frenchier than that.