[NeoTar]

> which is why it’s spelled in the somewhat Francophile Center Parcs, and not Centre Parks. (I thought this is why we did Brexit?)

Pardon me?

The French for center/centre is centre - the 're' ending of British English spelling is either taken from the French, or sometimes a direct reference to French spelling (i.e. 'prestige' spelling - like how some American publications will use British English spelling because they 'look more posh' or similar).

[vitus]

I imagine the "Francophile" comment is referring to "parcs" instead of "parks", but it's fascinating that they swapped out both spellings rather than choosing to be consistent with a single style.

[tomrod]

My naive mind thought parc was short for parcel.

[nxobject]

A touch of France so it’s classy, a touch of America so it’s trendy.

[wiether]

Yeah, I don't understand this take.

"Center" is not French, it's English.

"Parcs" is French, sure.

But the author is suggestion "Centre" (French) "Parks" (English).

So an English French word becomes a French English one.

[dominicrose]

"Centre" is still not French if you pronounce it "Center" though. In French it's more like Train, where the vowel is after the R. But the real French R sound is hard to prounounce for Englishmen.

[pacifika]

Stopped reading after the euro bashing as well

[petesergeant]

You have apparently mistaken a very British word joke for something else

[thelynchmob1]

Author of the article here -- it's a joke...

[widdershins]

It's a joke.