DD will enjoy this
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It is not English word. It can be "English loan word" but it can not be "English word". English term for a word. Ah, it's confusing me. I quit. ;P
Enver Maroshi wrote:
It is not English word. It can be "English loan word" but it can not be "English word".
That would be foolhardy, because every single English word we use today was either: 1. Introduced to England by invaders. 2. Added to the language after all the invasions. So all words except some those that fit category 2 would have to be classed as "loan words" -- that's more than nine-point-five-tenths of the language!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Henry Minute wrote:
pyjamas
This wasn't an English word - it's derived from the Persian payjama, and we took it from the Hindustani version.
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As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
James Nicoll wrote:
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18