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Glad I’m not alone, have thought the same thing. Having taken some French in high school, formally learning grammar and such seemed more useful than what the
by BobbyTables2 2y ago
Glad I’m not alone, have thought the same thing.
Having taken some French in high school, formally learning grammar and such seemed more useful than what the apps do. Of course, doesn’t make for high entertainment.
I feel the apps only try to sell the idea of learning a language, not the actual ability to do so.
- OJFord 2y agoYeah that's a bizarre (or non-) example for a point that might be otherwise sound. Accents aigu et grave sound completely different, and stand in for a variety of disambiguating spellings you might use (including the grave even for non loanwords: 'bless-id' vs 'blesst', for example) you could never confuse the pronunciation, they serve the opposite purpose. In fact that example makes it seem more like a point about spelling, don't worry about writing the wrong accent. (Yeah, people will figure it out I'm sure; in English too 'bless-ayed' is nonsense, so the presence of any accent would look like 'bless-id' was intended.)