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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?
What? lol
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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?
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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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.
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Definitely never calling you Keef again. Fabrice is much better!
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Quote from: GreekStein on January 25, 2014, 08:02:37 PM
Definitely never calling you Keef again. Fabrice is much better!
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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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Quote from: AndrewT 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.
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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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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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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