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Transcription. A four-panel meme.

Person A: “I’m an expert in French history.”

Person B: “Oh yeah? Name 15 kings.”

Person A: “Louis.”

Person B: “That’s on me, I set the bar too low.”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Also in french, it evoled into two names : Clovis from the latin prononciation become Louis, losing the c, and making (the latin way) v and u the same. Chlodowig, losing Ch and shifting from w to v become Ludovic.