▲ 348 ▼ not yap wa' Hol (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by snek@lemmy.world to c/tenforward@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] snek@lemmy.world [S] 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children) That's from the obscure language known as French. -- Data permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) My theory is that France got it bad during WW3, and many of the survivors relocated to the UK until the fallout could be cleaned up, which is why Jean-Luc Picard sounds like that. The real reason is much funnier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teft@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago It's england's revenge for the norman conquest. The normans gave the english a whole bunch of new words and weird pronunciations. The brits just figured turnabout is fair play. permalink fedilink source parent [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) My theory is that France got it bad during WW3, and many of the survivors relocated to the UK until the fallout could be cleaned up, which is why Jean-Luc Picard sounds like that. The real reason is much funnier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] teft@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago It's england's revenge for the norman conquest. The normans gave the english a whole bunch of new words and weird pronunciations. The brits just figured turnabout is fair play. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teft@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago It's england's revenge for the norman conquest. The normans gave the english a whole bunch of new words and weird pronunciations. The brits just figured turnabout is fair play. permalink fedilink source parent
