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Is English just badly pronounced French? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Blaze@dormi.zone to c/linguistics@mander.xyz

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[–] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 2 points 5 months ago

When I realized, unfortunately in my 30s, that the word "dandelion" is just a badly pronounced version of "dent-de-lion" (even in my country those flowers are called "dente di leone") I started thinking that there's some truth in that statement.