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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by bloak on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @12:44PM (#47337941)
"Valet" and "cadet" is an interesting pair: they rhyme in French (/va.lɛ/ and /ka.dɛ/), but rhyming them in English would be ... unusual.

If there were just French words pronounced in a French way and English words which came from French and are now pronounced in an English way that would be bad enough but in fact we have a whole spectrum of bastardisation.

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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by sebzim4500 on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @03:46PM (#47340309)
Interestingly in British english valet would rhyme with cadet if you were referring to a servant and not to someone who will park your car.
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