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[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 61 points 2 months ago (17 children)

I hate French like the next guy, but pronunciation rules are at least consistent compared to English. An English word's pronunciation is everyone's best guess. Sometimes depends on context or tense, even when written the exact same. With French you don't really have that. It's confusing, there are lots of letters, but at least it's consistent.

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago (8 children)

English pronunciation depends on the language they stole the word from.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Stolen from? The English got invaded by the Romans, Normans, Vikings etc. Didn't have much choice in that word adoption.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

What about Normandy?

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