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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

English preserves the pronunciation and spelling of loan words

English doesn't preserve the pronunciation. It approximates the pronunciation while keeping the spelling, and that pronunciation drifts over time and changes in different places. See: Lieutenant, a word that has two wildly different pronunciations in English, neither of which sound anything like the original French word.