Asking non-native English speakers.

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[–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

As English often does - if it makes sense in another language and is easy for English speakers to understand the context it's used, they're quite happy stealing it. Especially French.

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

    That's because English isn't a language, it's three other languages in a trenchcoat, stealing stuff from every other language.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Celtic, western Germanic (Angles, Saxons, Frisian), Latin, northern Germanic (Danish, Norse), and in 1066 finally French (which is a mixing bowl in its own right). The trenchcoat is way more crowded than you think.

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