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Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by YawningAngel on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @01:45PM (#41790634)
It's not a conjugation issue. "Champagne" is letter-for-letter identical in both languages, but pronounced differently for phonotactic reasons
Re:Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe... by MarkusWandel on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @02:06PM (#41790892)
It's a typical French loanword in German too: "Champagner" isn't pronounced with standard German prounciation rules. Even localized ones, e.g. in my childhood a sidewalk was called a "Trottoir" in the French pronunciation. For some reason nobody gets exited about French loanwords.