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In French, the initial 'h' is mute. Here is "hospital" in French as an example. See the "Pronunciation" section. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%B4pital ht
by danuker 4y ago
In French, the initial 'h' is mute. Here is "hospital" in French as an example. See the "Pronunciation" section.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%B4pital https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%B4pital
So the occurrence is quite possible.
- seszett 4y agoWell, I'm actually a French speaker and what makes me say that is the "a" in happiness that is IMO never going to be pronounced by a French speaker the same way as the "a" in "a penis". The "e" might get pronounced as the "I" in penis by a good enough English speaker, but probably not by a bad English speaker. I also believe that stress would be totally different, put only on the "a" by a French speaker.