So the french are pretty protective of their language. They even have something called the French Academy that basically polices the language. It doesn't make it in the dictionary unless they say so. They are especially weary of all the english words and slang sneeking into the daily french vocabulary. So to make it truly, officially french, they change the spelling.
Example: splatch and smatch. Yep, those are words in french, and they mean what they look like: splash and smash. But they are spelled differently and that makes it officially acceptable french. Or maybe it's just cuz they can't say the "sh" sound so they go for a "ch."
Hmmmm....
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Gotta love the French!
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