Very cool thanks zelda. So is the "ç" considered a letter in the French alphabet or is it just considered a hyphenated word?
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
"ç" is always pronounced as "s". "c" is pronounced as "k" unless it is followed by an e or an i, then it is pronounced "s". so the c in "franc" is pronounced as "frank" (although the k at the end is not very strong), the c in "france" is pronounced like in english, and the ç in "français" is pronounced as "s" whereas "francais" would be pronounced "frankais".
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(reference to the bold) So not only did English leverages many French words we also leveraged the quirky rules
