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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Is English just badly pronounced French?
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 03:51:22 -0000 (UTC)
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suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com> wrote:
>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.

And where did marrows come from?