But everybody LOVES "fuck." We can be proud of that.
Hypothesis: You can learn a lot about a culture from what they have to borrow words for. E.g. it's a good sign we had to borrow schadenfreude, but worrying that we had to borrow joie de vivre.
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Nah, not sure this is a good heuristic. What about „entrepreneur“?
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I've never liked that word. It's not precise enough. I prefer founder.
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esprit de l'escalier - we should have thought of that one earlier.
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IMO a bigger difference is the inclination to borrow or not. French seems much less inclined to borrow (and issue a translation) than English, for example.
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Wrong. So many words in French borrowed from English. Weekend. Shampoing. Parking. Chewing-gum. Digital. Leader. Email. Jogging. T-shirt. Etc. And even more used by younger generation.
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We borrowed “Bank” into Arabic because we used to hide money at home. We still use cash, 98% of the time
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You can compile a long - or a short - list of borrowed words. But how can one get to any conclusions? What exactly can one learn looking at such a list?
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that's just your Weltanschauung
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