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Old 07-22-2009, 07:00 AM   #18340 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by genuinegirly View Post
It did throw me off for a long while. I assumed you were female. Then I realized you just didn't care about French grammar.
I care about French grammar a great deal, but some take it way too seriously, and I say, "meet me in the middle of the evolution", and state it as if you were being chased by a low-flying crop-duster; I'm sure we'd all be screaming the word in the same manner and enunciation, given the situation.

I actually find Italian, and even Japanese pronunciation a great deal easier than I do French; it's all the Latin tongue and saying what you are seeing--The French went ahead and tried to be too cool, and made a list of exceptions longer than the rules.
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