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Thread #132499   Message #4056957
Posted By: Thompson
03-Jun-20 - 12:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
And words in other languages that acquire weird versions in English: what the Japanese call meezoona, in the west becomes mizzOOna; encente for pregnant becomes oncynte in English…