English Pronunciation owes a lot to French as well. Whereas Old English had the unvoicedfricative sounds[f], [s], [θ] (as inthin), and [∫] (shin), French influence helped to distinguish their voiced counterparts [v], [z], [ð] (the), and [ʒ] (mirage), and also contributed...
0.0.2.03 In recogniscents, tum-touch us klee in such flux released & sink furthere skookum to (or frum) the motherland bunkerd, wither our hi-jacked father comes shouldering cocktails not to kidnap (such distinctions matter not in a cul-de-sac) ... till snass-drops cullect into streams...