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Re:Chatroulette Creator Is A 17-Year-Old Russian Kid by hussong on Saturday February 13, 2010 @03:52PM (#1123531)
It's only hard to spell if you have no clue about french ;-)

Here's a memory hook:

- "ou" because that's french for "oo", as in: douche.

- "l" since it comes from "roule" or "rouler", as in: joule, boule (there is no "ll" between "ou" and "e" in french, ever).

- "tt" since it's a female noun, as in: cassette, baguette, couchette.

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Re:Chatroulette Creator Is A 17-Year-Old Russian Kid by eam on Saturday February 13, 2010 @04:36PM (#1123601)
Well I think most visitors don't know French, as the article indicates most are from the US. Even I misspelled the domain on my first try. doh!
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Re:Chatroulette Creator Is A 17-Year-Old Russian Kid by hussong on Monday February 15, 2010 @06:44AM (#1126382)
Honestly, it took me a minute to realize that the overlap between French and English is actually smaller than I thought (and much smaller than between English and German). I had a hard time coming up with sticky analogies for the spelling of "roulette".
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