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I put in a query to an AI chatbot to rephrase the rest of my letter in the manner of the Inuit people of Alaska, which I hope underscores my point: ...

The meaning behind one of France’s newest – and shortest – verbs, four syllables to admit wasting time with, how to say ...

The way you say a word is called pronunciation. In French, there are some sounds that are different to English sounds. Even if a word looks the same and means the same thing, the way that you say ...

Have a go at saying them out loud. This consonant is always silent, which means you don't say the h at the beginning of words in French. This letter makes a sound which is not in the English language.

Multilingual TikToker @languagesimp has demonstrated what English often sounds like to people who don't speak the language ...