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« Reply #525 on: January 25, 2014, 06:49:49 PM »
Quote from: The Camel on January 25, 2014, 06:44:13 PM
Why don't the French use the letter k?

What? lol
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« Reply #526 on: January 25, 2014, 06:51:25 PM »
Quote from: The Camel on January 25, 2014, 06:44:13 PM
Why don't the French use the letter k?

My immediate guess would be it's a latin language with very few Germanic influences, so there isn't really much in the way of hard K sounds. The same should be true of Italian, I expect.

I remember being told that K7 is/was a shorthand for cassette (kahr-sept).
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« Reply #527 on: January 25, 2014, 06:52:33 PM »
Hmmm, ok maybe, I thought of a couple of international words they use straight away but they aren't necessarily 'French'.
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« Reply #528 on: January 25, 2014, 06:52:37 PM »
Quote from: The Camel on January 25, 2014, 06:44:13 PM
Why don't the French use the letter k?

Why does anyone? There's no need as it has exactly the same sound as a hard c.
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« Reply #529 on: January 25, 2014, 06:57:06 PM »
Quote from: Woodsey on January 25, 2014, 06:52:33 PM
Hmmm, ok maybe, I thought of a couple of international words they use straight away but they aren't necessarily 'French'.

When I was learning French at school Miss Mitchell (pwhoah) called us all by the French eqivalent of our names:

John - Jean
Luke - Luc
Mary - Marie

etc etc

Everyone's name was very similar to their own one, but nothing approximated to Keith so I was "Fabrice".
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« Reply #530 on: January 25, 2014, 06:58:34 PM »
Quote from: The Camel on January 25, 2014, 06:57:06 PM
Quote from: Woodsey on January 25, 2014, 06:52:33 PM
Hmmm, ok maybe, I thought of a couple of international words they use straight away but they aren't necessarily 'French'.

When I was learning French at school Miss Mitchell (pwhoah) called us all by the French eqivalent of our names:

John - Jean
Luke - Luc
Mary - Marie

etc etc

Everyone's name was very similar to their own one, but nothing approximated to Keith so I was "Fabrice".

lol, I'd be gutted if I got that one  Grin
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« Reply #531 on: January 25, 2014, 07:01:15 PM »
Quote from: The Camel on January 25, 2014, 06:57:06 PM
Quote from: Woodsey on January 25, 2014, 06:52:33 PM
Hmmm, ok maybe, I thought of a couple of international words they use straight away but they aren't necessarily 'French'.

When I was learning French at school Miss Mitchell (pwhoah) called us all by the French eqivalent of our names:

John - Jean
Luke - Luc
Mary - Marie

etc etc

Everyone's name was very similar to their own one, but nothing approximated to Keith so I was "Fabrice".

Monsieur le Chameau, surely?
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« Reply #532 on: January 25, 2014, 07:07:31 PM »
Quote from: Tal on January 25, 2014, 07:01:15 PM
Quote from: The Camel on January 25, 2014, 06:57:06 PM
Quote from: Woodsey on January 25, 2014, 06:52:33 PM
Hmmm, ok maybe, I thought of a couple of international words they use straight away but they aren't necessarily 'French'.

When I was learning French at school Miss Mitchell (pwhoah) called us all by the French eqivalent of our names:

John - Jean
Luke - Luc
Mary - Marie

etc etc

Everyone's name was very similar to their own one, but nothing approximated to Keith so I was "Fabrice".

Monsieur le Chameau, surely?

Pre camel days unfortunately.
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« Reply #533 on: January 25, 2014, 07:16:52 PM »
We had a pretty fit French teacher also, she was a bit rustic looking and always stank of garlic and BO, shame she had a lot of potential.  Grin
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« Reply #534 on: January 25, 2014, 08:02:37 PM »
Definitely never calling you Keef again. Fabrice is much better!
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« Reply #535 on: January 25, 2014, 08:09:34 PM »
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Definitely never calling you Keef again. Fabrice is much better!
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« Reply #536 on: January 25, 2014, 08:12:42 PM »
After I left school I found out my first French teacher came from a family of massive Nazi collaborators and they made a packet doing business with them.
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« Reply #537 on: January 26, 2014, 10:54:20 PM »
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Quote from: The Camel on January 25, 2014, 06:44:13 PM
Why don't the French use the letter k?

Why does anyone? There's no need as it has exactly the same sound as a hard c.

The Irish language only uses 18 letters - no j, k, q, v, w, x, y, z. You can get all those sounds by using other letters.
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« Reply #538 on: January 28, 2014, 10:26:40 PM »
Why do Arsenal fans refer to their team as "the Arsenal"?

They are the only set of supporters who do this I think.
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« Reply #539 on: January 28, 2014, 11:41:50 PM »
'The Albion'? 'The Villa'?

Though I suppose they're not using the full name of the team.
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