Re: English compared to other European languages

Seán O'Leathlóbhair wrote:

> Anyway, does it matter whether they pronounce it accurately? We use
> many French words such as "bureau" and don't pronounce them much like
> the French. They work well as English words. The French may borrow
> our words, pronounce them strangely, and mangle their meanings if they
> like. It would only be fair, we have done it to their words.

Well, the Americans pronounce them more like the French than the English
do.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx
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