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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread English words in other languages #3978 07/08/2000 2:58 PM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 18 Vienna, Austria ammelah stranger ammelah stranger Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 18 Vienna, Austria I'm both amused and irritated by English words used with a new meaning (one native English speakers would not understand) in German. Examples are "handy", "evergreen", or "oldtimer". Do any of you know of such words in other languages? How about foreign words used in English with a completely new meaning? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted English words in other languages ammelah 07/08/2000 2:58 PM Re: English words in other languages Jazzoctopus 07/08/2000 5:48 PM Re: English words in other languages juanmaria 07/09/2000 7:41 AM Re: English words in other languages AnnaStrophic 07/09/2000 12:04 PM Re: English words in other languages ammelah 07/09/2000 1:22 PM Re: English words in other languages Jackie 07/09/2000 4:13 PM Re: English words in other languages David108 07/09/2000 7:07 PM Re: English words in other languages Bingley 07/10/2000 4:44 AM Re: English words in other languages william 07/12/2000 2:25 PM Re: English words in other languages Jackie 07/12/2000 10:16 PM Re: English words in other languages AnnaStrophic 07/13/2000 1:17 AM Re: English words in other languages william 07/13/2000 2:36 PM Re: English words in other languages Bingley 07/14/2000 2:47 AM Re: English words in other languages Jackie 07/14/2000 5:38 PM Re: English words in other languages william 07/15/2000 7:17 PM Re: English words in other languages jmh 07/15/2000 9:44 PM Re: English words in other languages william 07/16/2000 5:50 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,322 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,165 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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