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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: false friends #2279 05/13/2000 12:26 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Whoops! I'm sure there is such a list. I have a book published over 20 years ago listing English-Portuguese false cognates. One of my favorites is 'exquisite' (in Brazilian Portuguese, 'exquisito' means 'weird') Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted false friends juanmaria 05/13/2000 9:39 AM Re: false friends AnnaStrophic 05/13/2000 12:26 PM Re: oops jmh 05/14/2000 7:14 AM Re: false friends Rubrick 05/23/2000 10:35 PM Re: false friends trinket 05/15/2000 2:55 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 05/17/2000 7:30 AM Re: false friends William Hofmeyr 05/17/2000 12:33 PM Re: false friends jmh 05/17/2000 12:57 PM Re: false friends AnnaStrophic 05/17/2000 3:25 PM Re: German Donut David108 05/17/2000 6:29 PM Re: German Donut jmh 05/17/2000 9:08 PM Re: false friends Jackie 05/17/2000 4:05 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 05/22/2000 7:21 AM Re: false friends tsuwm 05/22/2000 12:58 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 05/22/2000 5:41 PM Re: Basque language David108 05/22/2000 6:27 PM Re: Basque language juanmaria 05/23/2000 7:17 PM Re: Basque language Rubrick 05/23/2000 10:14 PM Re: Basque language Rubrick 05/23/2000 10:23 PM Re: false friends Rubrick 05/22/2000 9:13 PM Re: Basque AnnaStrophic 05/23/2000 12:36 AM Re: false friends Bingley 06/06/2000 5:06 AM Re: false friends jmh 06/06/2000 6:05 AM Re: false friends Bingley 06/06/2000 12:38 PM Re: false friends jmh 06/07/2000 5:11 PM Re: false friends Bingley 06/09/2000 4:17 AM Re: false friends David108 06/09/2000 7:21 PM Re: false friends Jackie 06/10/2000 11:41 AM Re: false friends Bingley 06/12/2000 5:35 AM Re: false friends Rubrick 06/12/2000 7:39 AM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/14/2000 8:09 PM Re: false friends jhar 07/19/2000 1:11 PM Re: false friends Jackie 07/19/2000 4:47 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/07/2000 8:17 PM Re: false friends AnnaStrophic 06/08/2000 12:37 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/08/2000 3:38 PM Re: Rosetta Stone jmh 06/08/2000 3:45 PM Re: false friends AnnaStrophic 06/09/2000 2:39 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/14/2000 8:11 PM Re: false friends juanmaria 06/07/2000 8:16 PM Re: false friends screen 07/20/2000 6:54 AM Re: false friends william 07/20/2000 6:33 PM Re: false friends Jackie 07/21/2000 12:58 AM Re: false friends JMike 07/26/2000 5:40 PM Re: false friends dreisenberger 08/01/2000 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

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