[Gllug] [OT] speaking French in France

Russell Howe rhowe at wiss.co.uk
Wed Sep 8 00:35:54 UTC 2004


On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 07:19:24PM +0100, Doug Winter wrote:
> Just to score extra pedantry points (will I win the caravan?), it's not 
> any word beginning with 'h', it's words beginning with 'h' that come 
> from the french.  That's why it is "an hotel" but not "an horse".

Everyone knows it's an 'otel and an 'oss!

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