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Re:What Is Anglish? by bryanrasmussen on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @06:59AM (#34968350)
ok most languages do that, take another language word in, but I think English has the habit of turning things into metaphorical phrases, adjectives, adverbs and the like for the things it imports.

Admit I can't come up with an example at the moment though.

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Re:What Is Anglish? by oblio on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @08:21AM (#34968964)
Something like "mesmerizing" coming from the German person named Mesmer?

That also happens in other languages, too, but English has a great affinity.

I think that's just drive by English having, what, 40-50 sounds? Which is quite a lot for a language, and English speakers having a huge aversion towards words with many syllables. 1 is perfect, 2 is okish, 3 is a lot, 4+ is an abomination.

So they tend to import anything they can pronounce and is under 3 syllables.

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