The Describe The Person Above You Generation IX

Original post by L'Evil Fish

aah, okay, why?

English letters don't have accents? :dontknow:

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Rosa Arabelle

Original post by ipoop

Jerry is a baws!

That'd good to hear, it was good, Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert! :teeth:

Eyes hurt? They had lasers? :holmes:

Not really; but there was so much smoke I could hardly see. T'was good, though. :yep:

What's Cirque du Soleil? :redface:

Original post by L'Evil Fish

who remembers...

Courage the Cowardly Dog?

:mmm:

That show made my childhood. Ah, memories :tongue:

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Original post by ipoop

English letters don't have accents? :dontknow:

No, as in why do we use it?lol

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The Epicurean

^Accents are supposed to assist with pronounciation :dontknow:

Original post by ipoop

English letters don't have accents? :dontknow:

Some words we borrow from French keep their accents though. For example, "Déjà vu" is the correct way of writing it in English. There we could kind of say we use accents in English :smug:

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Original post by The Epicurean

^Accents are supposed to assist with pronounciation :dontknow:

Some words we borrow from French keep their accents though. For example, "Déjà vu" is the correct way of writing it in English. There we could kind of say we use accents in English :smug:

not the actual accent :lol:

Why is is in the sentence :tongue:

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Original post by The Epicurean

^Accents are supposed to assist with pronounciation :dontknow:

Some words we borrow from French keep their accents though. For example, "Déjà vu" is the correct way of writing it in English. There we could kind of say we use accents in English :smug:

As you said, words borrowed from FRENCH. :hand:

They may be used in the English language, they are still French. You can take the word away from France but you can't take away the French out of the word. :smug:

Hide your smugness, it has been exposed as misplaced, nd not ethical. :pierre:

Original post by L'Evil Fish

No, as in why do we use it?lol

What zed said but, there's also grammatical reasons for them. For 'a' alone you have 'a', 'à' and 'â'. I can't remember why but I know when to use them. Ask your teacher. :dontknow:

or google it, I'm sure you'll find a valid explanation, a better explanation than what I would have given you. :smile:

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Original post by ipoop

As you said, words borrowed from FRENCH. :hand:

They may be used in the English language, they are still French. You can take the word away from France but you can't take away the French out of the word. :smug:

Hide your smugness, it has been exposed as misplaced, nd not ethical. :pierre:

What zed said but, there's also grammatical reasons for them. For 'a' alone you have 'a', 'à' and 'â'. I can't remember why but I know when to use them. Ask your teacher. :dontknow:

or google it, I'm sure you'll find a valid explanation, a better explanation than what I would have given you. :smile:

That's what I mean, the grammar of it... Don't worry :lol:

Je trouverai pourquoi avant je retourne

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What's from in French? Like:

He came from...
I've returned from...
Etc.

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Venir.

Je viens de....

Je reviens de...

Return - retour

Je suis de retour de mon voyage en France. :smile:

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The Epicurean

Original post by L'Evil Fish

not the actual accent :lol:

Why is is in the sentence :tongue:

I would have thought "Because they are French" would have been a sufficient answer :pierre:

Original post by ipoop

As you said, words borrowed from FRENCH. :hand:

They may be used in the English language, they are still French. You can take the word away from France but you can't take away the French out of the word. :smug:

Hide your smugness, it has been exposed as misplaced, nd not ethical. :pierre:

That is silly though -_- Because if we follow that logic, most French words descent from languages like Latin and Greek. Therefore stop trying to claim Latin and Greek words for yourself :hand:

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Original post by ipoop

Venir.

Je viens de....

Je reviens de...

Return - retour

Je suis de retour de mon voyage en France. :smile:

venir = to come from?

What's reviens? :tongue:

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Original post by The Epicurean

I would have thought "Because they are French" would have been a sufficient answer :pierre:

That is silly though -_- Because if we follow that logic, most French words descent from languages like Latin and Greek. Therefore stop trying to claim Latin and Greek words for yourself :hand:

That may be but we have asserted our grammatical rules and changed the spelling of the words based on our pronouncing of the words - although many silent letters do feature. :tongue:

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