En réponse à Danny Wier <dawier@...>:
>
> > 13) They were too close to the door to close it.
>
> The first would could be spelled "closse", analogous to German's use of
> the
> letter ß (or ss).
>
What? Do you mean that you pronounce the first "close" with a [s]? I've always
heard it pronounced with a [z]!
>
> Ironically, French fries are called _pommes frites_ "fried apples" in
> French.
But that's only because potatoes are also called "pommes de terre": "ground
apples" in French. That's because "patates" has always been considered a more
or less familiar world in French.
Christophe.
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