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"He asked me to spell my name, and I said: "Y". He wrote "W". So far, so good. I really didn't want these fuckers to have my personal information just because t
by Hexstream 18y ago
"He asked me to spell my name, and I said: "Y". He wrote "W". So far, so good. I really didn't want these fuckers to have my personal information just because they gave me an oil change, anyway.
I said "e", and he wrote "i". Wow, this was new.
I said "g, g" and he wrote "jj". Cool!"
The guy's first language was apparently French and wasn't good at English.
letters with the same sound in French and English:
French English
é a same
i e same
f f same
g j similar (in french we don't make the implicit D sound)
j g similar (in french we don't make the implicit D sound)
l l similar
m m same
n n same
o o same
q q similar (in french we say "ku" instead of "kiou")
r r similar
s s same
t t similar (té instead of tee)
v v similar (vé instead of vee)
w w similar (double-V instead of double-U)
z z similar (zed instead of zee)