nostr:npub1w7gmqpm65asdlse8up7s0fnurd24faygshgqtwxajn0c3wke7tgqa88jxl or how the US pronunciation of LOOtenant is much closer to the original French than the English (Canadian, etc.) LEFFtenant. nostr:npub1jcndd6ht0dvq7l9mn4fx4ax40szxdylxxl9nypplflueecvng8sszl0xst
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Appalachia has families of people who speak unchanged 17th century dialects. They are fuckin incomprehensible to us now lol
nostr:npub1w7gmqpm65asdlse8up7s0fnurd24faygshgqtwxajn0c3wke7tgqa88jxl and Cajuns (Acadians) came from my neck of the woods (ca. 1755). The family names, some vocabulary, and even the accent of Cajuns are familiar to anyone who’s lived around Acadians. nostr:npub1jcndd6ht0dvq7l9mn4fx4ax40szxdylxxl9nypplflueecvng8sszl0xst