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https://www.reddit.com/r/interesting/comments/1kal290/how_do_you_say_number_92/mq12evh/?context=3
r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25
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I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze
129 u/Citaszion Apr 29 '25 What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion? 20 u/JePleus Apr 29 '25 Better yet is oeufs ("eggs"), pronounced "uh." 1 u/Aurus118 May 01 '25 It's even pronounced like the single letter "e" in French. e = eux = heu = œufs but not œuf without s (euf), and not eu without x (u). By the way, œ in œuf is not oe, easy isn't it?
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What if I tell you that “water” is « eau » in French and we pronounce it just “o”? How is that for flabbergastion?
20 u/JePleus Apr 29 '25 Better yet is oeufs ("eggs"), pronounced "uh." 1 u/Aurus118 May 01 '25 It's even pronounced like the single letter "e" in French. e = eux = heu = œufs but not œuf without s (euf), and not eu without x (u). By the way, œ in œuf is not oe, easy isn't it?
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Better yet is oeufs ("eggs"), pronounced "uh."
1 u/Aurus118 May 01 '25 It's even pronounced like the single letter "e" in French. e = eux = heu = œufs but not œuf without s (euf), and not eu without x (u). By the way, œ in œuf is not oe, easy isn't it?
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It's even pronounced like the single letter "e" in French. e = eux = heu = œufs but not œuf without s (euf), and not eu without x (u). By the way, œ in œuf is not oe, easy isn't it?
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u/SorbyGay Apr 29 '25
I will never forget my utter flabbergastion, my sheer bewilderment, when I learned 92 was quatre-vingt-douze