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Foreign Words in English (Part VI) Posted by Gabriele on Aug 16, 2012
Over the last six months I have written a series of posts on different foreign words that have found their way into the English language. This is the last post I’m going to write in this series. If you haven’t read my other posts in this series you can easily link to them here: Part…
Foreign Words in English (Part V) Posted by Gabriele on Jun 28, 2012
In this post I am going to introduce you to 10 more words that have been borrowed from other languages and incorporated into English. In the process of borrowing a word from another language sometimes the meaning changes slightly from its meaning in the original language. This is the case with some of the words…
Foreign Words in English (Part III) Posted by Gabriele on Apr 27, 2012
As I mentioned in my first post in this ongoing series, like most other languages, English contains words that are directly taken from other languages. Sometimes words that come from one language are used in a new language without much or any change are called “loanwords.” A loanword can also be called “a borrowing.” The…
Foreign Words in English (Part II) Posted by Gabriele on Mar 29, 2012
Earlier this month I started a series of posts that will look at a number of different foreign words that are commonly used in English. Here is a funny quote that speaks to how the English language is often borrowing or taking words and grammar from other languages. “English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English…
Foreign Words in English (Part I) Posted by Gabriele on Mar 20, 2012
Like most other languages, English contains words that are directly taken from other languages. This was true when the English language was new and it is true today. If you didn’t think English was hard enough to learn before, you might think so now that you realize you are going to have to learn some…