http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/pseudo-foreign-words/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/pseudo-foreign-words/#comment-152631 J P Maher Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:17:15 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4774#comment-152631 Some of my favorites are: -Mock Spanish COALINGA CA: from Coaling A; one of three coaling stations (A, B & C)1880s. -Mock Urdu PAKISTAN. The -stan mapped out by Britain for Pashtuns, Afghans, and Kashmiri. -Mock X: SOWETO: SOUTH-WEST TOWNSHIP... Some of my favorites are:
-Mock Spanish COALINGA CA: from Coaling A; one of three coaling stations (A, B & C)1880s.
-Mock Urdu PAKISTAN. The -stan mapped out by Britain for Pashtuns, Afghans, and Kashmiri.
-Mock X: SOWETO: SOUTH-WEST TOWNSHIP…

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/pseudo-foreign-words/#comment-152436 From nom de plume to el cheapo: Pseudo-foreign words « Nhan Images Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:17:03 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4774#comment-152436 [...] From nom de plume to el cheapo: Pseudo-foreign words One of the most distinctive characteristics of English is the number of words and phrases it has borrowed - and continues to borrow - from other languages, originally and most notably from Latin and French but now also from every corner of the globe. These words and phrases have been collected together to form From Bonbon to Cha-Cha: The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases by Andrew Delahunty. But not all foreign-looking words are quite what they seem, as is explained by the excerpt Original post by From nom de plume to el cheapo: Pseudo-foreign words [...] [...] From nom de plume to el cheapo: Pseudo-foreign words One of the most distinctive characteristics of English is the number of words and phrases it has borrowed – and continues to borrow – from other languages, originally and most notably from Latin and French but now also from every corner of the globe. These words and phrases have been collected together to form From Bonbon to Cha-Cha: The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases by Andrew Delahunty. But not all foreign-looking words are quite what they seem, as is explained by the excerpt Original post by From nom de plume to el cheapo: Pseudo-foreign words [...]

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