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[-] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

How do you say coup if it's without the 'p' sound? Coo?

[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, French uses "silent letters". Which includes the consonant at the end of many words, although not c, r, f and l in most cases.

[-] Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

Pretty much yeah

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