Gouda clearly belongs in the left column.
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Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoThe /u:/ ones are nearly all French words and to put gouda there is just wrong
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ajikeshi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
kinda, yeah… the ou in gouda is more like an au diphtong, almost as in out (in simplified english)
MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Well the Anglo-Saxons should gave fought better at Hastings, then there wouldn’t be French words here. But I’m not sure it would be simpler.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It would still be a mixup. Starting from Celtic, then western Germanic (Angels and Saxons), Latin, northern Germanic (Scandinavians) already form a wild brew. French is only the latest major addition.