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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: French words that are now anglicized tiberall #205431 04/11/12 04:00 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3 LlamaLadySG stranger LlamaLadySG stranger Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 3 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 "voilà." I was attributing it to ignorance, but I guess it's just anglicization. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted French words that are now anglicized tiberall 04/03/12 04:01 PM Re: French words that are now anglicized BranShea 04/05/12 11:30 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized gooofy 04/05/12 12:29 PM Re: French words that are now anglicized BranShea 04/05/12 06:36 PM Re: French words that are now anglicized gooofy 04/08/12 12:13 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized BranShea 04/09/12 07:09 PM Re: French words that are now anglicized zmjezhd 04/05/12 12:58 PM Re: French words that are now anglicized Faldage 04/05/12 07:57 PM Re: French words that are now anglicized BranShea 04/06/12 07:46 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized Faldage 04/06/12 11:31 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized BranShea 04/06/12 11:40 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized tedstoddard 04/06/12 06:31 PM Re: French words that are now anglicized LlamaLadySG 04/11/12 04:00 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized tsuwm 04/11/12 04:32 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized Jackie 04/12/12 02:35 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized Faldage 04/12/12 11:02 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized Jackie 04/13/12 01:36 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized Tromboniator 04/13/12 11:08 AM Re: French words that are now anglicized zmjezhd 04/13/12 03:08 PM 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 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,268 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 2 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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