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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Don't forget the English were ruled by a French bastard for a while so the language ended up with a bunch of words that are spelled a little odd but pronounced like the speaker doesn't have the energy to use half the letters.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Yes, but at the end of the day, France and England are really more like one people divided by a thousand year old argument over whether German bastardized Latin or Latin bastardized German is the superior language.

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