They stole the sound from French letters during the Franco-Swedish War.
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X@piefed.world 2 days ago
Pretty sure it was the Swedish who decided the pronunciation of “rendezvous”. Kinda obvious, really.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
When some of them had one[1] with with some of the French?
[1: A rendezvous]
ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world 2 days ago
I blame the Danish
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Speaking as a Dane, I accept the blame. In fact it was me. I decided it.
ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world 2 days ago
Thanks, southern sibling.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
You’re welcome, northern not-banana 😁
djmikeale@feddit.dk 2 days ago
Hov hov du