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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
My half-Finn husband will proudly tell you that "sauna" is Finnish in origin. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
sauna Tell him I heard it was a Russian word.... edit: He he.... |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22256 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Bungalow from India Balustrade from France (along with loads more) One of the strengths of English (which ever variety one chooses) is the way it uses words from other languages without hesitation Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
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James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
Jungle- A Hindu word meaning a Forest. Not a jungle like we think it means. Learned that from watching last weeks Survivorman. [/quote] Old James |
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