Re:English has been my pain for 15 years (2013)
by dmurray on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:09AM
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Some of them, but I don't think this is a rule. I would say more so for uncommon words that are recognizably French, and less so in US English. Historical accident is definitely the main cause.
Compare dauphin, cinema, dime.