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isolliyesterday at 4:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

While helping my children learn French spelling, I was horrified when I realized that there are 6 or 7 ways to write the sound [ɛ̃]: un in (im) [i]en ain aim ein


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wat10000yesterday at 5:16 PM

Gotta get it right or you'll order some wind instead of some wine. (Did that once, and that's how the difference finally stuck for me.)

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skydhashyesterday at 5:00 PM

The first one (un) is different from the others.

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