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[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

i was pretty annoyed when i eventually learned the s was silent

[-] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 month ago

i mean its a french name,
im almost supprised that you pronnounce more than half of the letters

[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

mmm drinking beaucoup Bordeaux in Versailles w/the bourgeois

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not if you're an American - we do what we want lol

[-] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I had forgotten until I watched the most recent Technology Connections video. he mentioned them in passing and I was like damn he's right

[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

for me, I'd actually been going around misspelling it my entire life.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

I was taught it was pronounced fernel.

[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago
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