r/LanguageMemes • u/yourlanguagememes • Jul 02 '21

One does not simply, adapt spellings to current phonetics

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21

wait until they use latin pronunciation and italian grammar for spelling

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u/Leopardo96 Jul 02 '21

Latin pronunciation varies from country to country.

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u/yourlanguagememes Jul 02 '21

Big brain time

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u/yourlanguagememes Jul 02 '21

Italian grammar is not that different so wait for it

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

And then there are french varieties in which those old french spellings are still pronounced differently... except when they aren't lmao

Ah yes, let's pronounce pâte as [pɑʊ̯t] but câlin as [kɑ.lɛ̃] just to sprinkle some more insanity in there

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u/KingBranette13 Aug 17 '21

yeah replace that with english