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[–] witchergeraltofrivia@lemm.ee 50 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The way the french pronounce Arch is the same way Sean Connery pronounced arse

[–] OddFed@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago
[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

... and the same way the germans pronounce "Arsch", wich means arse.

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Contrary to arch mispronounced by French, Arsch, arse and ass are real cognates. So similiarities in certain dialects/accents are to be expected.