Re: [OT] Is English just badly pronounced French?

On Mar 30, 2024 at 10:03:50 PM PDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

On 2024-03-31 03:48:30 +0000, suzeeq said:

 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.

 
The English language originates from a melding of many sources with
words being 'borrowed' from other languages, including French, German,
Gaelic, Celtic, etc.   Some words have altered over time, but some
words (e.g. rendezvous) have stayed the same as the original.
 
"American English" is a sub-version that has its own unique spellings
and meanings for words. Partly because (despite hating the British
rule) they have stubbornly stuck to out-dated versions of words, as
well as out-dated measurement systems

There are the countries that use the metric system and then there are the
countries that have put men on the moon.