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"Sanji" Vinsmoke

Oi. Make it quick, will ya?

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True. And the best way is to immerse yourself and try to speak the language as much and as often as you can.

... but accents can be are odd, yes.

[concasse]

damn right

like to see u try French and see how far u get

[fabrefactions]

I am well aware how I sound speaking French,
although as a disclaimer I know very little of it.

[ Haru tried, bless her. But alas. ]

[concasse]

[.... :)

ring ring]

[fabrefactions]

[ ... ... ]

No.

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Oi, c'mon!

Just one word.

[fabrefactions]

...

I don't suppose you fancy practising your newly learned Japanese skills then, do you?

[concasse]

[...

Alright, touché. Sanji audibly pauses before breaking out the sigh]

Fine, bastard, we'll trade.

[fabrefactions]

That sounds fair. Although as I only told you a word, a word is all you're getting in return.

[ NOW EXCUSE HIM WHILE HE TRIES TO REMEMBER ANYTHING HARU HAS EVER TOLD HIM, help. ]

... [ Oh right, flowers. ] Tournesol.

[ He's 100% clear that no one would think he was French from accent alone - too much of the accents of other languages mixed in there for that, but he has heard Haru talk French plenty of times so m a y b e it'll sound passable. ]

[concasse]

[Well.

An attempt was made.

Sanji at least doesn't laugh at him?? Just smirks, which is somehow audible over the phone line. This smarmy ass]

Gotta use your nose more, but it's alright.

[fabrefactions]

[ "Use your nose more"? ]

How am I supposed to do that?

[concasse]

Kinda hard to explain, but it's like you're sneezing out half the word while you speak it.

[A pause]

... I never said this shit was easy.

[fabrefactions]

... You make it sound so appealing.

[ Hwwwworf. ]

I thought it was supposed to be considered one of the most romantic languages in the world?

[ That you sneeze out, apparently. Ooh la la. ]

[concasse]

Only if you say it fast enough. Then everyone's too confused to say otherwise.

[No one shits on the French like Sanji does.]

Not bad, though. You didn't completely cock it up.

[You get a C+, Yuusk]

[fabrefactions]

Oh, that's the secret then. I see.

[ Con artists, the lot of you. ]

I will take that as a compliment then. But now it's your turn.

[ .｡*ﾟ+.*.｡(❁´◡`❁)｡.｡:+* ]

[concasse]

... You realize I haven't spoken a word of Japanese besides my name, right?

[fabrefactions]

I will give points for enthusiasm and trying, fullstop.

[concasse]

[ooooh there is gonna be some Regret in a second.]

Tch, fine.







... U-- ah? U-tsu---

Wait, I forgot how to---

[He's scrolling through his messages, finds the word]

Uuu...tsu...Kushi.

[fabrefactions]

[ Isn't regret his middle name? ]

...

[ An Attempt Was Made. He definitely sounds amused though. ]

Hold the last syllable - utsukushii.

[ That's how you say it, Sanji. You're welcome. ]

[concasse]

Oh.

Utsukushii.

[A... surprisingly quick study, actually.

However, there is no hiding that French accent.

Like at all.]

[fabrefactions]

[ That is a much better attempt, yes. ]

Better, yes.

[ He's not going to rib him for the accent. ]

「 I suppose they would be equally difficult to learn. Japanese, with its entirely new language system and sentence structure, and French has that thing with labelling objects as "masculine" or "feminine"... 」

[ Sorry, not sorry. ]

[concasse]

[You did not.

Oh you sassy ass.]

Connard. Tu sais bien que je ne peux pas comprendre cette merde.

[spoilers: Sanji is not amused.]

[fabrefactions]

[ He's helping him understand how Japanese sounds. ]

「 It is probably counterproductive that we're purposely speaking languages the other doesn't understand. Although I see you used a swear word there. 」

[ This is going well. ]

[concasse]

Ne s'arrêtera pas.

Pas à moins que vous le fassiez en premier.

Croyez-moi, je pourrais continuer comme ça toute la nuit... Yusuke.

[As I casually butcher French with google translate BUT LET'S SEE WHO OUTLASTS WHO.

And yes, Sanji did use the smarmiest French accent to pronounce that man's poor name]

[fabrefactions]

「 Oh, that's my name? It sounds like you emphasised it more -- Haru doesn't say it so... Frenchly?

Was that on purpose, perhaps?

...

I hope this isn't using up too many of my phone minutes. I'm not sure if I even have phone minutes anymore, maybe I'm on unlimited minutes now. Either way, this would be a strange way use them up. 」

[ Yet, still he persists. ]