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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by NeoTar on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:08AM (#41433617)
> which is why it’s spelled in the somewhat Francophile Center Parcs, and not Centre Parks. (I thought this is why we did Brexit?)

Pardon me?

The French for center/centre is centre - the 're' ending of British English spelling is either taken from the French, or sometimes a direct reference to French spelling (i.e. 'prestige' spelling - like how some American publications will use British English spelling because they 'look more posh' or similar).

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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by vitus on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:14AM (#41433672)
I imagine the "Francophile" comment is referring to "parcs" instead of "parks", but it's fascinating that they swapped out both spellings rather than choosing to be consistent with a single style.
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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by tomrod on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:27AM (#41433761)
My naive mind thought parc was short for parcel.
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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by nxobject on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:58AM (#41434053)
A touch of France so it’s classy, a touch of America so it’s trendy.
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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by pacifika on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:38AM (#41433855)
Stopped reading after the euro bashing as well
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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by petesergeant on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @07:55AM (#41434017)
You have apparently mistaken a very British word joke for something else
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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by widdershins on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @09:38AM (#41434831)
It's a joke.
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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by thelynchmob1 on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @04:50AM (#41443368)
Author of the article here -- it's a joke...
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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by wiether on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @08:20AM (#41434224)
Yeah, I don't understand this take.

"Center" is not French, it's English.

"Parcs" is French, sure.

But the author is suggestion "Centre" (French) "Parks" (English).

So an English French word becomes a French English one.

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Re:Getting price-gouged by private equity in the UK's happie... by dominicrose on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @08:39AM (#41434382)
"Centre" is still not French if you pronounce it "Center" though. In French it's more like Train, where the vowel is after the R. But the real French R sound is hard to prounounce for Englishmen.
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