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Words are assimilated to greater or lesser degrees. I'd say that au revoir is now English, as I'd expect any competent English speaker to understand it, but it'
by TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
Words are assimilated to greater or lesser degrees. I'd say that au revoir is now English, as I'd expect any competent English speaker to understand it, but it's still commonly written in italics and pronounced in a noticeably French accent. Meanwhile, café is fully anglicised and not really registered as foreign at all, but that pesky accent remains in the written form, giving a clue to its soupçon of French (the truly English form of the word is probably caff).
- denton-scratch 3y ago> Meanwhile, café is fully anglicised Oh, I'm not sure about that. I say "Kaffay", that is I anglicise the French pronunciation, even though I have a reasonable French accent. But many English people pronounce it as "Kaff".