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Comment by amiga386

2 months ago

> In French it's used to mark where an o was followed by an s in Latin

I love this.

pâté = paste

forêt = forest

fête = fest

île = isle

hâte = haste

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BrandoElFollito  2 months ago

hôpital, hospital, hospitality, ... It is nice to discover the initial links people made between words

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