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    1. Jon Pretty‏ @propensive 2 Nov 2019

      It's funny how "delicatessen" in German is "Feinkost" and "double entendre" in French is "double sens". (Though sure, both world be understood in French/German.) Does anyone else know any other "loan words" which were not just loaned, but stolen?

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    2. MariaRompf‏ @mariarompf 3 Nov 2019
      Replying to @propensive

      "Showmaster" in German, when the proper English word is "show host" or "entertainer". Germans say "Ich mache home office" , but it's "I'm working from home" in American English. "Home office"= a room designed for that purpose, which most work-from-homers don't even have.

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    3. Jon Pretty‏ @propensive 3 Nov 2019
      Replying to @mariarompf

      "Home office" was in use in Britain, from what I remember of the nineties, though I haven't heard it much since...

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    4. Jon Pretty‏ @propensive 3 Nov 2019
      Replying to @propensive @mariarompf

      Relatedly, can you think of any words loaned to German which *partially* Germanize the pronunciation? For example, "Orangensaft" retains the soft "g" from EN/FR, but the vowels are German. I thought there were others, but can't think of them at the moment...

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    5. MariaRompf‏ @mariarompf 3 Nov 2019
      Replying to @propensive

      I think it's depends on the region. Prussians have adapted many words from French, so you'll find many words pronounced with hard consonants and German vowels. "Ensemble" (as in orchestra) = Angssambel, "Sanssouci" = Sangssussi.

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    6. Jon Pretty‏ @propensive 3 Nov 2019
      Replying to @mariarompf

      English has the same (I *think*) contortion of "ensemble", which always sounds bad (to me) shoehorned into three syllables...

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    7. MariaRompf‏ @mariarompf 3 Nov 2019
      Replying to @propensive

      "Niche" is a word where American pronunciation always gets me.

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      Jon Pretty‏ @propensive 3 Nov 2019
      Replying to @mariarompf

      It's "nitch" in America, right? Same with "clique". :(

      4:13 AM - 3 Nov 2019
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        1. MariaRompf‏ @mariarompf 3 Nov 2019
          Replying to @propensive

          Yes, "nitch". Don't even get me started on how many version of "quiche" I've heard, lol.

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        2. Jon Pretty‏ @propensive 3 Nov 2019
          Replying to @mariarompf

          I've never knowingly heard anything other than the French pronunciation, but I can imagine some abominations...

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