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minus-squareX@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·3 days agoPretty sure it was the Swedish who decided the pronunciation of “rendezvous”. Kinda obvious, really.
minus-squareno banana@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·3 days agoI blame the Danish
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoSpeaking as a Dane, I accept the blame. In fact it was me. I decided it.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoYou’re welcome, northern not-banana 😁
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThey stole the sound from French letters during the Franco-Swedish War.
minus-squareDigit@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWhen some of them had one[1] with with some of the French? [1: A rendezvous]
Pretty sure it was the Swedish who decided the pronunciation of “rendezvous”. Kinda obvious, really.
I blame the Danish
Speaking as a Dane, I accept the blame. In fact it was me. I decided it.
Thanks, southern sibling.
You’re welcome, northern not-banana 😁
Hov hov du
They stole the sound from French letters during the Franco-Swedish War.
When some of them had one[1] with with some of the French?
[1: A rendezvous]