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"Badly pronounced French" is only one part of the rich tapestry / garbage buffet that is the English language.
When I realized, unfortunately in my 30s, that the word "dandelion" is just a badly pronounced version of "dent-de-lion" (even in my country those flowers are called "dente di leone") I started thinking that there's some truth in that statement.