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English words that are difficult to say in French

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Aug 06, 2023
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Languages are strange. When a word doesn’t exist, native speakers don’t complain about its absence. But when two languages meet and find out that they both have words they don’t have, the tendency is to want to borrow from each other.

Language is often enriched by words from other languages. But sometimes, the language doesn't want to accept and incorpor…

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