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Foreignisms >Link (the wiki page is categorized as orphaned which fits well with adopted words) Looking for language-isms as this weeks words are obviously Germanisms, I found Gallicism, Anglicism, Japanism ( not referring to language), Latinism. I chose one definition for Latinism. Can't get Am.Heritage at the moment: Webster unabridged: A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.Does 'formed on a Latin model' refer to Spanish , Italian and Portuguese? I found Italianism, not Spanishism. No Portuguesism. Not Chinesism. One find for Dutchism, a Wiki page. Slavism I found , not defined into seperate Slavic languages.
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How about Hispanicism, Sinicism [sic], and Fennicism?
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Irishisms?
..."often characterized by making statements in the form of questions...ie. You wouldn't be wanting a cup of tea now... would you?" Hal Roach comedian
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Oh  Ha! Of course , Fennisism sounds like kitchen herbism, I'm convicted to the use of dictionaries forever and at all times. ( Fennisism also only the wiki page I see right now, but it's a cool word)
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I like that about kitchen herbs. Fennelism... perhaps perhaps it could describe those addicted to absinthe?
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I like that about kitchen herbs. Fennelism... perhaps perhaps it could describe those addicted to absinthe? I like pepperisms: use homemade, non chemical, pepper spray to keep critters away from my garden.
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We took a cainformic approach to the problems of critters. A few years ago we rescued a siberian huskie. We have not see a critter or other varmint since. Non-chemical is definitely the way... stay green.
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I've a critter-chaser as well, but even she sleeps.
Go green, yeah!
Yet I need to see the tulips, hyacinths, crocus, etc. more
than the bunnies need dinner (there are plenty of
weeds for them). After the winter we had, color and
flowers are essential.
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Yes it is a pleasant change to see the crocus, daffodils and forsythia erupting all over pushing out the browns and grays and often too much white stuff we've had to deal with the past few months.
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I had 48 inches of snow/ice in my yard. Dog and others were
able to run all over the top of it. Fellow down the street had
a 30 snowman in his yard, used a bobcat to build it. Blankets
for hat and scarf, or bedspreads. The base is still there despite
50-70 degree weather the past week. Frozen solid. You mention
forsythia. Had to go to south side of house and see mine, as I
had forgotten it there. Small buds. Cannot wait. Anything but
white brown and black.
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