At least in my dialect/accent of English

  • ValiantDust
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    2 days ago

    The German word for squirrel (Eichhörnchen) is hard to pronounce for French and English speakers in different ways.

    Though I have to admit squirrel/écureuil is the cooler pair because it seems to me they both derive from the same root but divererged in a way to make them difficult to pronounce for the other one.

    • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      To be fair, Eichhörnchen and écureuil seem to have a similar root as well even though French is a Latin language and German is not