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[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How do you say coup if it's without the 'p' sound? Coo?

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, French uses "silent letters". Which includes the consonant at the end of many words, although not c, r, f and l in most cases.

[–] Mannimarco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

Pretty much yeah