Originally Posted by
FatBastard
My realisation of it was when I became friends with some eastern euros, some of which were only starting out learning English, and they could not get their heads round the fact that in English there can be 15 different ways to say the same thing and words taking roots from all all over the place. 'Television' as a classic example with half Greek and half Latin origin, just beautiful.
The empire on white ch the sun never set,
And now continued by the Americans.
Bengali-shampoo, a head massage.
Bungalow - a single storey building.
Jodhpurs - Jaipur.
Etc.
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Shalom/salaam.
10,000 years of Middle Eastern civilisation and the place is not at peace but rather in pieces.
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