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Originally Posted By: BranShea
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And I think it never looses it's foreignness, only we no longer notice it.


What is the difference?


And I think it never looses it's foreigness, only we got used to it.

That any better gooofy?


No, it's pretty much the same.

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Doldrums.

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An anglicized word I often see in e-mail group posts is "wala" meaning an expression of surprise when something good happens with little effort on one's part. From the French "voilą." I was attributing it to ignorance, but I guess it's just anglicization.

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or it could be anglicization from ignorance.

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Hmm--smacks of Araby or India to me. Though I suppose they could have borrowed it from French...?

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Or either you're thinking of wallah.

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I was, yes.

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I've seen the wallah spelling, as well as wala, walah, and walla, when voilą was clearly the intended meaning.

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I've seen the wallah spelling, as well as wala, walah, and walla, when voilą was clearly the intended meaning.

All these spellings indicate a change in pronunciation from /'vwala/ to /'wɑlɑ/.


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