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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: false friends #2298 05/23/00 10:35 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York One of my favorites is 'exquisite' (in Brazilian Portuguese, 'exquisito' means 'weird') Anna. In Brasilian Portuguese 'puxe' also means 'pull'. An antinym in the English language, if ever there was one! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted false friends juanmaria 05/13/00 09:39 AM Re: false friends AnnaStrophic 05/13/00 12:26 PM Re: oops jmh 05/14/00 07:14 AM Re: false friends Rubrick 05/23/00 10:35 PM Re: false friends trinket 05/15/00 02:55 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 05/17/00 07:30 AM Re: false friends William Hofmeyr 05/17/00 12:33 PM Re: false friends jmh 05/17/00 12:57 PM Re: false friends AnnaStrophic 05/17/00 03:25 PM Re: German Donut David108 05/17/00 06:29 PM Re: German Donut jmh 05/17/00 09:08 PM Re: false friends Jackie 05/17/00 04:05 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 05/22/00 07:21 AM Re: false friends tsuwm 05/22/00 12:58 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 05/22/00 05:41 PM Re: Basque language David108 05/22/00 06:27 PM Re: Basque language juanmaria 05/23/00 07:17 PM Re: Basque language Rubrick 05/23/00 10:14 PM Re: Basque language Rubrick 05/23/00 10:23 PM Re: false friends Rubrick 05/22/00 09:13 PM Re: Basque AnnaStrophic 05/23/00 12:36 AM Re: false friends Bingley 06/06/00 05:06 AM Re: false friends jmh 06/06/00 06:05 AM Re: false friends Bingley 06/06/00 12:38 PM Re: false friends jmh 06/07/00 05:11 PM Re: false friends Bingley 06/09/00 04:17 AM Re: false friends David108 06/09/00 07:21 PM Re: false friends Jackie 06/10/00 11:41 AM Re: false friends Bingley 06/12/00 05:35 AM Re: false friends Rubrick 06/12/00 07:39 AM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/14/00 08:09 PM Re: false friends jhar 07/19/00 01:11 PM Re: false friends Jackie 07/19/00 04:47 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/07/00 08:17 PM Re: false friends AnnaStrophic 06/08/00 12:37 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/08/00 03:38 PM Re: Rosetta Stone jmh 06/08/00 03:45 PM Re: false friends AnnaStrophic 06/09/00 02:39 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/14/00 08:11 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/07/00 08:16 PM Re: false friends screen 07/20/00 06:54 AM Re: false friends william 07/20/00 06:33 PM Re: false friends Jackie 07/21/00 12:58 AM Re: false friends JMike 07/26/00 05:40 PM Re: false friends dreisenberger 08/01/00 11:09 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 608 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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