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Pourquoi ça, guv'nor?
Sometimes I wonder where the French get things from.
I have a feeling that England shipped over a boatload of Cockneys to teach English to the French at some point in their history, and that it's stuck. I understand that French Hs are silent, but I can't explain why so many French people have a tendency to pronounce Hs at the beginning of words that start with vowels, in the manner of "In 'Artford, 'Ereford and 'Ampshire, 'urricanes 'ardly Hever 'appen."
srah - Thursday, 12 December 2002 - 6:54 AM
Tags: assistantship, english, french
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