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i was pretty annoyed when i eventually learned the s was silent
i mean its a french name,
im almost supprised that you pronnounce more than half of the letters
mmm drinking beaucoup Bordeaux in Versailles w/the bourgeois
Not if you're an American - we do what we want lol
I had forgotten until I watched the most recent Technology Connections video. he mentioned them in passing and I was like damn he's right
for me, I'd actually been going around misspelling it my entire life.
I was taught it was pronounced fernel.
it is not.
Fernel Branca