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.
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Fleppensteijn@sh.itjust.works 6 hours agoThe /u:/ ones are nearly all French words and to put gouda there is just wrong
MrMobius@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Gouda clearly belongs in the left column.