PlaidBaron@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 15 hours agoLanguages have rules and follow predictable patterns. French:lemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1imageLanguages have rules and follow predictable patterns. French:lemmy.worldPlaidBaron@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFleppensteyn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 hours agoThe /u:/ ones are nearly all French words and to put gouda there is just wrong
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-223 minutes agoGouda belongs in the left column. Or, if you want to get close to the original Dutch, in the right one. But definitely not in the second one.
minus-squareMrMobius @sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoWell the Anglo-Saxons should gave fought better at Hastings, then there wouldn’t be French words here. But I’m not sure it would be simpler.
The /u:/ ones are nearly all French words and to put gouda there is just wrong
Gouda belongs in the left column. Or, if you want to get close to the original Dutch, in the right one. But definitely not in the second one.
Well the Anglo-Saxons should gave fought better at Hastings, then there wouldn’t be French words here. But I’m not sure it would be simpler.