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Re: French spelling scheme

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 9, 2001, 6:56
En réponse à BP Jonsson <bpj@...>:

> > Swedish borrowed a lot of French words during the 18th century before > French underwent the parallel change, and Swedish pronunciation and > respelling still reflect this e.g. in _fåtölj_. >
Wow! It took me a while to recognize the word "fauteuil" :)) . Good that I know a little about Swedich orthography :)) . Anyway I find it a nice word when I see it written like that in Swedish :) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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