Re:What Is Anglish?
by riffraff on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:31AM
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> I'm not sure if the Latin-based words actually came via French or via English
Or via anything else, really.
E.g. the word for car "kocsi" seems oddly similar to Spanish "coche" (I think French would be voiture) and "tombola" to mean "bingo" seems Italian (french/english should be raffle, I think).
Re:What Is Anglish?
by yosito on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @03:23AM
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Coach/coche/kocsi all come from Hungarian. There is a Hungarian town called Kócs. Kócsi literally means "(a thing) from Kócs". Hungary used to sell some horse drawn carriages made in Kócs and from there, the word entered German and then English.
Or via anything else, really. E.g. the word for car "kocsi" seems oddly similar to Spanish "coche" (I think French would be voiture) and "tombola" to mean "bingo" seems Italian (french/english should be raffle, I think).