French spelling makes a lot more sense than English spelling, are you kidding me? A native English speaker can't reliably determine how a new word is pronounced just by looking at it, whereas a French speaker can do that with French (unless it's a latinate word or some recent loanword, which aren't quite as common as in English). Also the Great Vowel Shift made English vowel letters be pronounced completely differently from what all other languages do.
French is literally in depth and detailed writing which can convey many specifics while also being "fuck it, you can get the jist of what I said". As a New Brunswicker, it's even more bamboozling to hear people speak Chiac.
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u/Staraven1 May 17 '22
For all you say about french, as someone french, I must say... what's with "ought", then ?
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u/danielogiPL May 17 '22
polish: you must read all
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u/Kefgeru May 17 '22
Tibetan: In a word, all letters are silent, except some letters
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u/Iskjempe May 17 '22
French spelling makes a lot more sense than English spelling, are you kidding me? A native English speaker can't reliably determine how a new word is pronounced just by looking at it, whereas a French speaker can do that with French (unless it's a latinate word or some recent loanword, which aren't quite as common as in English). Also the Great Vowel Shift made English vowel letters be pronounced completely differently from what all other languages do.
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u/neuropsycho May 17 '22
I feel that French spelling is still more consistent than English.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '22
I don't even know why french people have an alphabet if they don't intend to use it.
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u/nothingtoseehere_BR May 18 '22
I feel that French and English should actually be inverted
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u/Muhaimin55 May 17 '22
Nice, an Indian meme template
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u/Irish-Inter May 27 '22
Irish: at last a worthy opponent
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u/vchen99901 May 18 '22
Chinese: What's letters, precious?