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Apparently the two years of French I took in high school didn't help me with my English either. :-(

• zepearl 8y ago
  7 years french => I keep screwing up "Peugeot" (cars)
  • InitialLastName 8y ago
    Well, that one's dumb because it has an R in it.
  • jgtrosh 8y ago
    Including Renault we now have 2 weird ways to spell the O sound in French (eau, eo) and 1 weird silent pair of consonants (lt).
    • Biganon 8y ago
      It's not "eo" that gives you the "o" sound, it's just the "o". The "e" is here to prevent the "g" from being pronounced hard, as in "green".
      • pvorb 8y ago
        And why is there an e in bureau then? Would burau, buro, burot, burault or bureot be pronounced differently in French?
        • jgtrosh 8y ago
          They would not; there are only etymological reasons.