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Alan Francis@acf@masto.alancfrancis.com
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Today in “English is 40 different languages in a trenchcoat”, why is critique pronounced criteek, but communique pronounced commyoonikay ?

Jul 5, 2026, 17:06 UTCen
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Lori M Olson@lorimolson@mstdn.ca
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@acf for the same reasons that read is pronounced differently than read, lead is pronounced differently than lead

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Alan Francis@acf@masto.alancfrancis.com
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@lorimolson And lets not go for a tough cough through the boughs of a tree.

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Lori M Olson@lorimolson@mstdn.ca
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@acf I thought, though, that it was tough to clean the trough 😉

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