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It's additionally funny that in French, "ou" reads as [u], that is, approximately like the wovel in "fool" (cf "jour", "amour", "troubadour", etc). I wonder if
by nine_k 2y ago
It's additionally funny that in French, "ou" reads as [u], that is, approximately like the wovel in "fool" (cf "jour", "amour", "troubadour", etc). I wonder if it was actually pronounced like "coloor" at any time in the past.
- card_zero 2y agoYes! Wiktionary gives one such Middle English pronunciation here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colour#Middle_English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colour#Middle_English The second vowel, /uː/, is like in "true". (Note also the range of alternate spellings: colur, color, culur, coler, coloure, kolour.)