COLOURS ARE FUCKING COLOURS. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING, FRANCE?!

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[–] 26 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Big complaints from someone with a language where the connection between the written text and its pronunciation can only be described as rather weak.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Well yeah, but one of the big reasons for that is actually the French. See: The Norman Conquest.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    English is a wreck of three other languages but at least we escaped gendered nouns and adjectives. That’s got to be the most pointless language feature of all time.

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