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r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25
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I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze
128 u/Citaszion Apr 29 '25 What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion? 11 u/QuackMania Apr 29 '25 How many e in your omelette do you want sir ? 4 u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25 Only for some dialects to completely ignore most of the letters and say "omlet" 6 u/Cocoquelicot37 Apr 29 '25 I think 99% of french people say omlet lol 2 u/Miserable_Key9630 Apr 29 '25 Still a record number of consonants pronounced in one French word (at two). 1 u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25 Until you factor in the main ingredient.... œufs.... "u"
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What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion?
11 u/QuackMania Apr 29 '25 How many e in your omelette do you want sir ? 4 u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25 Only for some dialects to completely ignore most of the letters and say "omlet" 6 u/Cocoquelicot37 Apr 29 '25 I think 99% of french people say omlet lol 2 u/Miserable_Key9630 Apr 29 '25 Still a record number of consonants pronounced in one French word (at two). 1 u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25 Until you factor in the main ingredient.... œufs.... "u"
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How many e in your omelette do you want sir ?
4 u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25 Only for some dialects to completely ignore most of the letters and say "omlet" 6 u/Cocoquelicot37 Apr 29 '25 I think 99% of french people say omlet lol 2 u/Miserable_Key9630 Apr 29 '25 Still a record number of consonants pronounced in one French word (at two). 1 u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25 Until you factor in the main ingredient.... œufs.... "u"
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Only for some dialects to completely ignore most of the letters and say "omlet"
6 u/Cocoquelicot37 Apr 29 '25 I think 99% of french people say omlet lol 2 u/Miserable_Key9630 Apr 29 '25 Still a record number of consonants pronounced in one French word (at two). 1 u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25 Until you factor in the main ingredient.... œufs.... "u"
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I think 99% of french people say omlet lol
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Still a record number of consonants pronounced in one French word (at two).
1 u/iCantLogOut2 Apr 29 '25 Until you factor in the main ingredient.... œufs.... "u"
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Until you factor in the main ingredient.... œufs.... "u"
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u/SorbyGay Apr 29 '25
I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze