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Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by DonaldFisk on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:59AM (#16931897)
> Ask a French speaker with no knowledge of English to read this comment aloud "phonetically" and see if you can even recognize the words.

As a practical joke, I once asked a French speaker (who spoke English well) to read this aloud:

    Un petit d'un petit
    S'étonne aux Halles
    Un petit d'un petit
    Ah! degrés te fallent
    Indolent qui ne sort cesse
    Indolent qui ne se mène
    Qu'importe un petit
    Tout gai de Reguennes.
He was the only person in the room who didn't understand what he was saying.
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Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by jaclaz on Thursday April 26, 2018 @03:54PM (#16935069)
Just to provide a reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mots_d'Heures

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Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by simias on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:47AM (#16932321)
That's pretty great. I don't get the "indolent" part though, what is is supposed to be? Please answer quickly as my coworkers are starting to look at me weirdly as I repeat "indolent qui ne sort cesse" aloud again and again.
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Re:Kazakhstan is changing its alphabet from Cyrillic to Lati... by DonaldFisk on Thursday April 26, 2018 @11:32AM (#16932787) 

    Indolent qui ne sort cesse
indolent = and all 'e

qui ne s- = king's

-ort cesse = 'orses

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