oce 🐆@jlai.lu to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoFor French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down111
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareFor French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?oce 🐆@jlai.lu to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoOnly three? Pff. Our favourite sentence to torture foreigners (and small kids learning to talk) is “strč prst skrz krk” which means “put a finger through your throat”. You can try it yourself, the “č” sound is the same as English “cz” in “Czech”.
Only three? Pff. Our favourite sentence to torture foreigners (and small kids learning to talk) is “strč prst skrz krk” which means “put a finger through your throat”.
You can try it yourself, the “č” sound is the same as English “cz” in “Czech”.