Sujet : Re: OT: Language etc. Was: British GP
De : geoff (at) *nospam* geoffwood.org (Geoff)
Groupes : rec.autos.sport.f1Date : 11. Jul 2024, 10:58:31
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On 11/07/2024 3:51 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:
On 11/07/2024 1:19 am, Yazoo wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:03:23 -0000 (UTC), Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com>
wrote:
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[ Well off-topic... ]
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As someone who has spent some years studying Spanish (with some
reasonable French from my schooldays) I'll offer a /small/ crumb of
comfort in defence of English...
As a member of the last UK generation to have gone to a Grammar School (11+ anyone?) I'm trying to be more Zen about American 'English' but it's a struggle. Especially as a huge number of non-English speakers are learning 'English' from American media content.
I get that France was instrumental in them winning their war of independence (and giving them a bloody great big statue to remind them of the fact) so I understand why they pronounce 'filet' as they do. But then they end 'tourniquet' with a hard T? Seriously. And don't get me started on 'solder'! It's not like they can't pronounce 'colder' of 'folder'...
Hey man, get over it already !
geoff
PS - Yes, it needs a twitch in the time-space continuum.
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