Re: French -ois (jara: YAC: Widse -- a conlang based on Ygyde)

Douglas Koller, Latin & French scripsit:

> but if this word doesn't leave unexposed young English readers
> scratching their heads, nothing will (well, maybe "syzygy" (which
> *kinda* looks like "skrzypszy")).
And then there's the vicar, or curé, whose assistant is the curate, or
vicaire.

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