French language: why do some words seem so ugly to us?
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Why do some words seem so ugly to us?
© Image by Subham Shome from Pixabay
By: Pascal Paradou
30 mins
Chancre, eructation, purulent, doctor, anoint.
Nothing to do, some words in the French language are not very euphonic!
But why do they strike our ears when they enrich the French language?
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Guest: Michel Feltin-Palas
, editor-in-chief at
L'Express
newspaper
.
Author of the newsletter
"Sur le bout des Langues"
Jocelyne Robert
, Quebec "sexophile".
His next book to be published: “
Vieillir avec panache” published by Éditions de l'Homme.
And the column Elsewhere with Cédric Taurisson, director of the Alliance Française in Nairobi (Kenya).
For the #plusloin communication campaign to promote the French language.
They called on
Pascal Tokodi,
Kenyan actor and influencer
for the clip.
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