• inlandempire
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    11 months ago

    This website has maps of how french words are pronounced differently depending on where people live, sometimes the words aren’t even the same but still refer to the same thing!

    https://francaisdenosregions.com/index-des-billets/

    Of course it’s only interesting if you’re into french language haha

    • LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.worldOP
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      11 months ago

      I don’t actively look it up much but linguistics is a seriously fascinating thing. We’ve invented not just one seriously complicated and complex series of grunts and noises to communicate everything from immediate danger to the craziest of dadaist humor, but thousands of them - and the vast majority have little enough similarities to one another that dedicated translation services are necessary. Humans can do some really cool stuff.