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

On 3/30/2024 10:03 PM, Your Name wrote:

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

On 3/30/2024 7:28 PM, Rhino wrote:

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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.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUL29y0vJ8Q [18 minutes]
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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.

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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, that the original Pilgrims brought with them rather than staying contemporary with *real* English.

While GB officially went metric, many people still use the Imperial measurements, at least for linear measures, not so much for weight.

 To a much lesser extenet, there are also some different meanings (not spellings that I can think of) for words in "Australian English" and a few other regional variations.