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What I keep wondering is what is the French word most recently added to English that no longer 'sounds French'. So far, the words this week still sound French to me. But the word 'cherish' (which came from French) sounds like a normal English word to me. But when Chaucer used it in 1385 it must have still sounded French to him.
An interesting question. I'm pretty sure that it depends on the speaker, and I am not sure how French cherishen 'to cherish' (link) or parfit 'perfect' might've sounded to Chaucer.
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted French words in English tiberall 08/31/10 05:14 PM Re: French words in English LukeJavan8 08/31/10 05:17 PM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 08/31/10 06:08 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 08/31/10 06:37 PM Re: French words in English twosleepy 09/07/10 06:35 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/09/10 02:05 PM Re: French words in English Hal Alexander 09/11/10 09:40 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/11/10 10:31 PM Re: French words in English Faldage 09/12/10 11:43 AM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 09/09/10 02:40 PM Re: French words in English BranShea 09/09/10 05:55 PM Re: French words in English zmjezhd 09/12/10 02:07 PM
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