Get a damn life

[Archren]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Not all the words in the spelling bee are English. Fun times.....

True.. but then large chunks of the modern English language has been borrowed from other languages, notably Latin, German, French, Arabic, etc. Words such as alcohol, tobacco, bronze, magic, paradise, ambassador, dollar, muffin, quartz, maximum, uniform.... I can go on. Some are more obvious than others, some are still considered part of the other language simply because we don't have a word for it (karate or henna, for instance), but it's such common knowledge in our culture, there are several people who do not know the origin of the words, only the meaning.

Sorry, I'm a total geek for this kind of thing.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Archren

True.. but then large chunks of the modern English language has been borrowed from other languages, notably Latin, German, French, Arabic, etc. Words such as alcohol, tobacco, bronze, magic, paradise, ambassador, dollar, muffin, quartz, maximum, uniform.... I can go on. Some are more obvious than others, some are still considered part of the other language simply because we don't have a word for it (karate or henna, for instance), but it's such common knowledge in our culture, there are several people who do not know the origin of the words, only the meaning.

Sorry, I'm a total geek for this kind of thing.

i always like the ones soldiers added to the lexicon stuff like di di mau, and imshi

[Archren]

Originally Posted by Dave

i always like the ones soldiers added to the lexicon stuff like di di mau, and imshi

Hookah... shishah... I'm sure if the Arabs actually drank liquor, that would have been a staple word by now, too. But shit, don't even get me started on the acronyms becoming common usage in the English language.