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 1 year agoBut it’s systematic. In English, it’s systemless, complete wild west out there smh
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year 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 1 year ago
Not always, fils…
norgur@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Oh you must be joking.
There is absolutely zero system in half of French’s letter salad!
FluminaInMaria@mander.xyz 1 year ago
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FluminaInMaria@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Otherwise known as Choffolo.
ME0x01@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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