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Re: English is a crazy language

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 6:46
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. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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