Which European language am I readingjlai.luimagecross-posted to: esperanto@sopuli.xyzinteressant@jlai.lu Camus [il/lui] ( @Camus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) YUROP@lemm.ee • edit-23 months ago message-square43fedilinkarrow-up1208
arrow-up1208imageWhich European language am I readingjlai.lu Camus [il/lui] ( @Camus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) YUROP@lemm.ee • edit-23 months ago message-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: esperanto@sopuli.xyzinteressant@jlai.lu
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minus-square Dr. Bob ( @DrBob@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoFrench is a strange one here - they have “w” (double vé in the alphabet) but it’s used almost exclusively in loan words. So I’m not certain it’s determinative the way it’s presented here.
minus-square Servais (il/le) ( @Servais@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilink12•3 months agoI think that choice is more about “ieuw” as a whole, like “nieuw” in Dutch, not the separate 4 letters (like b G R v at the beginning)
French is a strange one here - they have “w” (double vé in the alphabet) but it’s used almost exclusively in loan words. So I’m not certain it’s determinative the way it’s presented here.
I think that choice is more about “ieuw” as a whole, like “nieuw” in Dutch, not the separate 4 letters (like b G R v at the beginning)