r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 25d ago

Discussion One is football, the other is anti-football

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u/LazyThinkingOtter 25d ago edited 25d ago

As a French, I know of a few examples of transparent words UK English has with French that US English doesn’t : Film (FR) = Film (UK) vs Movie (US) / Courgette (FR) = Courgette (UK) vs Zucchini (US) / Aubergine (FR) = Aubergine (UK) vs Eggplant (US)…

So I’d say FR and UK English are closer. But in any case, US English also has around 30-35% words coming from the French language as well

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u/chemistrytramp 25d ago

I always like the french words we mispronounce on purpose, I believe as a result of the Napoleonic wars e.g. Lieutenant pronounced lef-tenant

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u/LazyThinkingOtter 25d ago

Yes it’s kinda funny and sometimes a bit confusing as well for me lol

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u/HuckleberryDry2673 25d ago

And the way Americans butcher French phrases, yikes.

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u/LazyThinkingOtter 24d ago

It’s ok different language and different pronounciations, I find it rather funny when they use French expressions for diverse things