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Re:France, Spain, and Italy’s English skills are on the decl... by fyfy18 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:52PM (#21719151)
As a native English speaker I could understand dropping the "e", but where does the "h" come from?
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Re:France, Spain, and Italy’s English skills are on the decl... by Al-Khwarizmi on Saturday December 07, 2019 @04:43AM (#21729363)
I guess it could come from the same place as in "hour", "honor", "honest", etc. :)
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Re:France, Spain, and Italy’s English skills are on the decl... by ukoki on Friday December 06, 2019 @06:31AM (#21720869)
H at the beginning of a word is silent in Portuguese (as in Spanish and Italian)
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