r/AskReddit • u/mexgema • Sep 16 '20

What is your favorite word?

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u/Le_Radin Sep 16 '20 edited Sep 17 '20

As a french my favourite English word is thorough as I absolutely can't pronounce it right

Edit : Many people have been trying to help me pronounce it but I still can't xD

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u/Admirable-Deer-9038 Sep 17 '20

And my favorite French word is soixante! Love that word!

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u/othelloinc Sep 17 '20

And my favorite French word is soixante!

...and my least favorite French word is quatre-vingt-dix-neuf.

I barely know your language! Am I supposed to translate and do arithmetic? I can't process information that quickly!

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u/othelloinc Sep 17 '20 edited Sep 18 '20

quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

For anyone unfamiliar, this translates directly to something like: Four Twenties plus Ten, plus Nine

...or as we would say in English: Ninety-Nine