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From: suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Is English just badly pronounced French?
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:35:33 -0700
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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:
>>>
>>> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
>