Wikipedia: *Cogito, ergo sum*[a] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sum#cite_note-capitalization_and_punctuation-1> is a Latin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin> philosophical <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy> proposition <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition> by René Descartes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes> usually translated into English as "*I think, therefore I am*".[b] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogito,_ergo_sum#cite_note-better_translation-2> The phrase originally appeared in French <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language> as *je pense**, donc je suis* in his *Discourse on the Method <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Method>*, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. I heard that the real reason was that Descartes was lousy at Latin and paid someone for the translation! Using Google Translate for the French pronunciation, I am baffled by the sound of mysterious consonants in "je suis". ACW, Simon, is that authentic? How is it written phonetically? I have no confidence in Google Translate's pronunciations after hearing Joe, The Pizza Guy say "Cogito, ergo sum" in "Latin". —rwg