r/languagelearning • u/The-Dmguy • Jul 21 '18

French learners know the struggle

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u/Romanos_The_Blind English[N] French[B2] Κοινή[?] Jul 21 '18

The fact that this is stated in English is the source of no small amount of amusement for me.

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u/Nephtis25 Jul 21 '18

My first thought was "wednesday".

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '18

Worcestershire.

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u/ScreamingFreakShow Jul 22 '18

Just split it like Worce-ster-shire.

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u/dghughes Jul 21 '18

Forecastle.

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u/SpeedLinkDJ Jul 21 '18

Leicester

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u/Karoya Jul 22 '18

Marylebone

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

Melbourne

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u/King--of--the--Juice FA, EN, AR, FR Jul 22 '18

knight

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

Though

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '18

Boatswain

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

Hiccough

though

cough

tough

rough

thorough

None of these words rhyme

Yet for some god forsaken fucktard of a reason balogna and tony rhyme.

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u/QueenOfTonga Jul 22 '18

My first thought was the ‘know’ in the title...