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Originally Posted By: TromboniatorOriginally Posted By: LukeJavan8This is all very curious. Interesting how oil developed
into oui. And oc? sort of hard to understand.
Don't pronounce it like any version of the English word for petroleum. Make it more like oh-WEEL, then drop the L, and blend the remaining sounds. It comes pretty close to the modern French oui.
OK that makes much more sense. Thanks.
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