Thread: Nonsense words and stuff like that - what words are potentially English?
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Old 06-Jul-2005, 22:59
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Default Re: Nonsense words and stuff like that - what words are potentially English?
The problem here is that English has always borrowed heavily from other languages, adopting foreign words and their pronunciations. Therefore words like kvetch, ennui, and karma have become part of the English lexicon.
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