Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: [OT] Is English just badly pronounced French? Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 22:28:10 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 14 Message-ID: <20240330222810.000036a5@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 02:28:11 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="79f0389e4ce69ebbe2ccbfaed224fc22"; logging-data="1552201"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19vKKQcEtTHMo/xxygphozvxxc7yIjLnOE=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:fEMyIwMpIs6EgiJ3MczyIYo4eZA= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240330-4, 3/30/2024), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 1493 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. -- Rhino