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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 11:40:37 -0700
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On 3/31/2024 10:56 AM, Rhino wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 06:35:33 -0700
> suzeeq <suzee@imbris.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>>
> The Brits weigh themselves in "stones" not pounds or kilograms. (I
> believe a stone is 14 pounds.) These stones are definitely not metric
> but I'm not sure they can truly be called Imperial either since they
> aren't used anywhere outside the UK, as far as I know.

Yeah, I don't know where stone comes from. I was thinking smaller, like 
pounds and ounces.
>