Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 7 Mar 2026 04:47:30 GMT Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <10o629v$1qssb$1@dont-email.me> <10o6emj$1uql3$5@dont-email.me> <20260303111343.00000572@gmail.com> <20260304080130.000068c7@gmail.com> <10oab0q$39n4f$6@dont-email.me> <10ocqti$4fas$3@dont-email.me> <10od9kg$9cih$1@dont-email.me> <10odne1$d647$1@dont-email.me> <10odnsi$d647$2@dont-email.me> <10odop7$djnv$1@dont-email.me> <10odsq2$er59$1@dont-email.me> <1772787512-12588@newsgrouper.org> <10oeeru$kih0$1@dont-email.me> <10oeiea$lo5g$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net SyeK8mVfOwUafB8zxQ3MkQLY4huyxCSiwE0ZFB26J/tf7vh87E Cancel-Lock: sha1:Zu9s1YFF/zA0ZFUi74Da8uQCloM= sha256:ucxett6iuS1FXhs43ypFhNmE+d+xqtbvncz8MFriTuE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82520 alt.usage.english:1138657 On Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:28:05 -0800, Snidely wrote: > The Natural Philosopher blurted out: >> On 06/03/2026 11:47, Peter Moylan wrote: >>>> Imitate, rather than copy. There is no diphthong in the French >>>> pronunciation. >>> >>> I take your point. Whenever a French word is adopted into English, >>> there will be a vowel change. >> >> Enseignant grandmaman à sucer les œufs? >> >> The written language certainly has them... >> >> And I would contend that 'oui' is certainly a shifting vowel sound >> >> lui, ennui...Louis >> >> I do remember the total inability of a French au pair to say 'squirrel' >> however > > I understand it's tricky for Germans, also. Eichhorn is much easier. There are quite a few notable squirrels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichhorn