Asking non-native English speakers.

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[–] 57 points 2 weeks ago* (18 children)

Does it count if English just steals your words?

Schadenfreude, Zeitgeist, Weltanschauung, Kindergarten.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Blitzkrieg translates pretty well doesn't it? Fast war?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    The problem is when they steal a word and then change the meaning.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

    You don't want to go down that road.
    "beamer, handy, mobbing, shooting..."

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    That's what English does. Why do you think OP is asking?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    It's what every language does, to some extent. You'd really struggle to say, "I was working from home, sending emails and providing feedback, and during a meeting with my team and the marketing manager, the internet died" in German without stuffing the sentence to the brim with English loanwords.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    The french: Je ne suis pas d'accord

    Je travaillais depuis chez moi, j'envoyais des courriel et je faisais des retours, et au cours d'une réunion avec mon équipe et le directeur commercial, la connexion Internet a lâché.

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