Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish • 8 months ago

Is English just badly pronounced French?

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Is English just badly pronounced French?

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Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish • 8 months ago

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Based on “anchovy”, “jingo”, and “bizarre”, it’s mispronounced Basque.

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