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I love learning cognates that don't really look it. Acadian and Cajun is another favorite, although I'm not sure if it counts if they're both used in English.

• AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
  Try saying "Acadian" quickly, and you can see pretty easily how it might elide into "Cajun". Uh-cay-dee-yan Cay-dee-yan Cage-dee-yan Cay-jee-yan Cay-jun Speech gets lazier with repetition. Ask any native of New Orleans how their city's name is pronounced: the majority will say something like "Noo-ahh-lins" or even just "Nah'lins".
  • dunefox 3y ago
    That's a stretch.
    • hunter2_ 3y ago
      It's true though. The same transformation of the ending syllables happened with Indian becoming Injun (although that one eventually became offensive, unlike Cajun).
      • dunefox 3y ago
        I think I read the word with the stress on the second syllable. On the first one it makes a lot more sense now.
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  • djbusby 3y ago
    New Orleans. Outside it's four syllable. Inside it's one