PlaidBaron@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoLanguages have rules and follow predictable patterns. French:lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1121file-text
arrow-up1121imageLanguages have rules and follow predictable patterns. French:lemmy.worldPlaidBaron@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square62fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFleppensteyn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoThe /u:/ ones are nearly all French words and to put gouda there is just wrong
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 day 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-squareajikeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agokinda, yeah… the ou in gouda is more like an au diphtong, almost as in out (in simplified english)
minus-squareOrygin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoIf it’s coming from french it’s definitely in the second column. I didn’t know anglophones pronounced it like that
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoThe French have more than enough cheeses on their own. Gouda is Dutch. Definitely. I’ve been there. I’ve bought the cheese there.
minus-squareMrMobius @sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoIt would still be a mixup. Starting from Celtic, then western Germanic (Angels and Saxons), Latin, northern Germanic (Scandinavians) already form a wild brew. French is only the latest major addition.
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.
kinda, yeah… the ou in gouda is more like an au diphtong, almost as in out (in simplified english)
If it’s coming from french it’s definitely in the second column. I didn’t know anglophones pronounced it like that
The French have more than enough cheeses on their own.
Gouda is Dutch. Definitely. I’ve been there. I’ve bought the cheese there.
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.
It would still be a mixup. Starting from Celtic, then western Germanic (Angels and Saxons), Latin, northern Germanic (Scandinavians) already form a wild brew. French is only the latest major addition.