Thread: The word liseuse being used outside of MobileRead?
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Old 06-17-2010, 10:02 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj View Post
I don't know French, so this word may fit perfectly there. But in English it doesn't fit and sounds bad, at least in my opinion.
Which may be because as soon as a non-English word enters the English vocabulary it is anglicized and made to sound ugly. Perish the thought that an English speaker would deign to make an iota of effort to pronounce a French word with a vestige of a French accent.
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