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French folks trying to pronounce 'tricky' English words is a delightful dive into linguistics

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French folks trying to pronounce 'tricky' English words are a delightful dive into linguistics.

A video from Frenchly of Parisians trying to say certain words in English has garnered millions of views.

Linguistic studies teach us about how languages developed and why certain things are harder to say in some languages than others.

VR Score

39

Informative language

31

Neutral language

12

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

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