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Originally Posted by dmikov
I understand when English borrows words from a language of the country where things are 1. Invented 2. Mostly produced. Make sense.
Siesta - born and majorly used in Latin Amerika.
Tea - originate and majorly produced - China
Chai - originated and major producer - India
etc
Liceuse - not invented and not produced at all as far as I know - France.
When France will give the world of ebooks something more then a word for table I think we should talk.
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hope you are joking, especially about the siesta... As for tea, it is called Cha in China, so that would not explain the English variant.