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Angela Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31	Message 1748323 - Posted: 11 Dec 2015, 5:18:03 UTC My half-Finn husband will proudly tell you that "sauna" is Finnish in origin. ID: 1748323 ·
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1748327 - Posted: 11 Dec 2015, 6:01:35 UTC - in response to Message 1748323.   sauna Tell him I heard it was a Russian word.... edit: He he.... ID: 1748327 ·
rob smith Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22223 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380	Message 1748516 - Posted: 11 Dec 2015, 22:28:56 UTC 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? ID: 1748516 ·
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1748520 - Posted: 11 Dec 2015, 22:40:19 UTC Last modified: 11 Dec 2015, 22:53:13 UTC Canoe First recorded in Quebec....1600s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain ID: 1748520 ·
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54	Message 1748544 - Posted: 12 Dec 2015, 0:54:37 UTC 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 ID: 1748544 ·

 
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