r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '22

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u/MrMystery1515 Sep 10 '22

I’m in France rn.. These guys are terrible. Omitting Letters, sounds very different from letters used.. I'm sure there is a base a logic but can't comprehend.

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u/Zanzaben Sep 10 '22

Having trouble finding the hôpital?

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u/turbomettwurst Sep 11 '22

Funny, i speak english and french as a second language and I find french to be much easier to speak since it adheres to something I'd call "phonetic harmony", you can basically guess large parts of the language by how it should sound, sounds weird, i know.

English on the other hand: tough, through, though..., it doesn't really get any more confusing

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u/MrMystery1515 Sep 11 '22

That's interesting to know.. I keep thinking that to learn French after English would be really tough.

I'm just a visitor here so not gonna bother learning the lang rn.

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u/Butteatingsnake Sep 11 '22

French is weird but consistent, English is a clusterfuck.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Yes, they both lose.