Thread: In Defense of English
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Old 09-20-2011, 04:03 AM   #230
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
"[English doesn't] just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
A good example of that is the "English" word "cul-de-sac". This is "fake" French - the French don't use that phrase at all.
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