Is Cannes in...

[Squatch]

the "South of France" or Southern France?

[Orsino]

1. Southern Freedom. n/t

[realisticphish]

15. LOL nt

[tjwmason]

2. When I've been on holiday to that area

It's always been "The South of France".

[Deja Q]

3. Somewhere in France.

:D

[Gabi Hayes]

4. is it Cans or Kahn?

[Bossy Monkey]

5. Somewhere between can and khan (s is silent) nt

[radwriter0555]

6. It's pronounced "can" like a tuna can.... No "s", no "ah"...

Just "can".

And it's in the south of france. Not southern france.

[Gabi Hayes]

8. really?

it's Kahn, btw. least the frogs said it that way when I was there...passing through, not at the festival

[radwriter0555]

9. well.... I live here. And we all say "can" like a tuna can. You may hear

differing accents that affect the "a", but it is never pronounced "kahn" by the locals, who are known as 'can-wahz...' The 'ah' sound in that case is affected by the 'ois', as in a Nicoise "Nee-swahz" salad.

And the 'a' isn't the flat out "aye" that we might employ in a bronx type 'a'. It really is somewhere in between, but not quite to the 'ah'.

My favorite is Golf St. Juan.

Golf is pronounced as you see it, St. is pronounced 'san' the same as "can" and Juan is pronounced Zhjoowahn.

Golf San-Zhjoowahn. Nice little seaside town next to Antibes. Now, Antibe is pronounced "Ahnteeb" and I dated a fella ages ago who's last name was Antibe. But, he pronounced it "an-tibbee" with the accent on the "An".

I love words.

[Gabi Hayes]

11. well....hard to argue with that

guess I'll open a Kahn of tuna to make the crow a little more palatable

it was a long time ago, anyway

that's my story, and I'm sticking to it

seriesly

[Bossy Monkey]

14. I'm John. My French mother called me Zhunnnnn

which I found delightful, all those years ago (study tour of France between junior and senior years of HS, 1979)

[radwriter0555]

16. How sweet!!! I also like this region's pronounciation of 'z' which somehow

turns into a 'thhhh' sound with whisper sort of 'z' in it, but more like a lisp! It appears to be a regional affectation among the city and town locals, not the rurals.

Love this place. The french totally rock.

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Le Midi

I don't think I ever heard anyone call Southern France either of those things (in French). Either Le Midi or La Provence, far as I remember.

[JVS]

10. I thought it was in "The South of France"

I've never heard the phrase without "the"

[Squatch]

12. Isn't South of France the Mediterranean Sea?

Or Africa?

[JVS]

13. that and spain and Italy can be called south of france