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> But, french is much worse! Nah. Having learned both, French is easier in this regard. It is not as random, it has rules they work most of the time.
by watwut 1y ago
> But, french is much worse!
Nah. Having learned both, French is easier in this regard. It is not as random, it has rules they work most of the time.
- gottorf 1y agoFrench has much stricter rules, but I could see how the abundance of silent letters would make a spelling bee harder.
- ralferoo 1y agoFrench also has some weird gotchas, e.g. "la démocratie" where the spelling represents the word's root rather than pronunciation.
- cm2187 1y agoAn even worse example is the last name "de Broglie", which I think most French natives would likely get wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k45IZDkg2Pg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k45IZDkg2Pg
- gottorf 1y agoNot nearly as bad as the English pronouncing, say, the name Cholmondeley :-)