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On 3/30/2024 7:28 PM, Rhino wrote:
I apologize in advance to Americans who are inevitably aggrieved by all
things French just on principle but this video actually makes a pretty
good case for saying that English is badly-pronounced French to a large
extent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUL29y0vJ8Q [18 minutes]
When he explains all the English words that are borrowed from French
with only slight spelling and pronunciation changes, you may well be
persuaded by his argument.
I wondered why the Brits call cookies 'biscuits'. Then I realized it
comes from the French word for cookies 'bicotte'. They also call
eggplants 'aubergines' and zucchini 'corgettes'. There's probably dozens
of other words I can't recall now.
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