English took over a lot of French words, originally written and pronounced like the French words, for example saumon (salmon). Then someone decided to go back to how the words were written in Latin (salmo), but they kept pronouncing it more like the French word.
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wieson@lemmy.world 11 months agoBut it’s systematic. In English, it’s systemless, complete wild west out there smh
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
The ultimate blend of multiple languages that are difficult to learn. We shall make it the universal trade language!
(And I know it doesn’t have things like tonal shifts)
testingtesting123@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Not always, fils…
norgur@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Oh you must be joking.
There is absolutely zero system in half of French’s letter salad!
FluminaInMaria@mander.xyz 11 months ago
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FluminaInMaria@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Otherwise known as Choffolo.
ME0x01@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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