• ancap shark
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    5 months ago

    Programme?

    Edit: I looked it up, it’s a British thing. I’m not a native speaker, I’ve never seen it written like that. It looks French, I thought you guys hated the French.

    • @[email protected]
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      85 months ago

      Almost half of all English words are borrowed from French, dating from when England was colonized and culturally subjugated by the Norman French starting in 1066.

      • ancap shark
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        45 months ago

        I’m aware. I just find it funny that some British words like “centre” and “colour” look more French than the US counterpart

    • @[email protected]
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      45 months ago

      Fun fact: J’aime la France, but I’m neither French, nor British. I just try to emulate my spoken pronunciation in my writing.