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by umanwizard 2669 days ago
Thinking "ennui" and "inouï" sound similar is a bit like a non-native English speaker finding it hard to distinguish between "bottom" and "button". The vowels may sound similar to outsiders, but are completely different to French ears.

(I'm not French, but I speak the language well enough to feel confident making assertions like this about what things sound like to French people).

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The vowels don't even sound similar to my anglophone but French-familiar ears.