Tuesday 10 September 2013
How Foreign Languages Mutate English Words
It's no secret that English borrows freely from other languages. And you're probably familiar with at least a few words from English that have been borrowed into other languages - for instance, le weekend in French. But do you know just how much English words can be changed when they're taken on by other languages?
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The most use English word in the world?....OK.
Used not use and OK is an abbreviation of two words.
Soon there will be Internet English which will be defined by common consent.
Then we can all speak our own local language to our nearest and dearest and use whatever Intertalk becomes when we want to communicate with people elsewhere.
Sooner the better says I.
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