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Many of those French words in English though come from Norman French which is very different to the modern language. French having also undergone a major vowel
by funnybeam 3y ago
Many of those French words in English though come from Norman French which is very different to the modern language. French having also undergone a major vowel shift as well as dropping pronunciation of some final consonants so that some of the “English” pronunciation of certain “French” words is arguably more correct