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From: suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Is English just badly pronounced French?
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 21:14:55 -0700
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On 3/30/2024 8:51 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> 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 'biscotte'. 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?
> 
I haven't looked into that one.