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At least in my dialect/accent of English

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

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The french word for squirrel (écureuil) is equally hard for English speakers to pronounce as the English word is for French speakers

(I would also add that most English words with two R's are hard for French speakers; mirror, error and the like)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The German word for squirrel (Eichhörnchen) is hard to pronounce for French and English speakers in different ways.

Though I have to admit squirrel/écureuil is the cooler pair because it seems to me they both derive from the same root but divererged in a way to make them difficult to pronounce for the other one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

To be fair, Eichhörnchen and écureuil seem to have a similar root as well even though French is a Latin language and German is not

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

it's funny how I as a Ukrainian can easily clearly pronounce both English and French variants, while my language is from even a different language group :D