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yet us french people have exactly zero problems with "bit" sounding the same than https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bite#French https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bite
by jcelerier 6y ago
yet us french people have exactly zero problems with "bit" sounding the same than https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bite#French https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bite#French
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- SilasX 6y agoHah! Yes, a while ago I came up with the "fan theory" that the French named Coq as revenge for exactly that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26739666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26739666
- jcelerier 6y agothis, or it just comes from one of the original authors' name, Thierry Coquand ?
- Blaisorblade0 6y agoWe _know_ it doesn’t just come from Coquand’s name, because Gérard Huet very clearly said so.