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Richard · 0 · 18h ago @royal to long, didn't watch ;). But it goes to show how mighty Latin's influence is on english. First 400 years of Roman rule, then Norman (French, a ROMANce language), the latin etymology and then the modern loan words examples are from ROMANce languages again:-D .
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Kris · 0 · 14h ago @Aslanmane @royal
French is the worst language to write
English is the worst language to pronounce.
That is right that in english there is no rules. You never know how to pronounce a word before you heart it. In other language you know the rules then you can read words you never heard.
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Richard · 0 · 11h ago @kris @royal
I remember my first latin class where we taught to pronounce every letter. It shocked me at first, (you mean I don't? Say "coffee")
Languages are primarily social. We learn French and English on our mothers knee, but Esperanto and Latin as adults as an intellectual pursuit.
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