Oranges and lemons. "Dailyshoot 2013~ Still Life. Oranges and Lemons!" by Leshaines123 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
ORAINSEAR ~ an orange
1902 Mac-Talla XI No. 10. 78
Na balaich bheaga le’m pòcannan làn de ùbhlan no de dh’ “oraindseirean”.
[The small boys with their pockets full of apples and “oranges”.]
Orainsear is likely a loan word from Scots ‘oranger’.
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English has never been shy about borrowing what it lacks.
From avatar to boondocks, here are ten words English borrowed from other languages.
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I'm writing songs based on your comments and suggestions. Drop me a comment if there's one you'd like to hear. This one's about loan words. Song writing challenge #44 @Adkiey
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Ten African Words That Changed Global Languages
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"Ethnolinguistic infusion: Community language socialization and reclamation without proficiency" by @sarah-bunin-benor.bsky.social
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I saw people wearing many different hanbok in a variety of colors and styles. #Korean #grammar #LoanWords
Did you know that #loanwords aren't the only way a #language can borrow from other languages? They can also use a #calque , a loan #translation
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Let us all, yes, #kita, make that a thing.
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I felt shame but no joy. That's what I get for being cocky.
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Gigil: The new word in the dictionary for overwhelming cuteness
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Some #loanwords from Middle #Irish / #Gaelic into Old #Norse Showing cultural influences went both ways in the Viking Age: Schulze-Thulin, Britta. (2021). NOTES ON THE OLD AND MIDDLE IRISH LOANWORDS IN OLD NORSE Nowele Vol. 39, September 2001, 53-84.
Swahili’s Borrowed Words: #Swahili has had a flexible history that involves heavy borrowing of words from every language it has encountered.
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Dr Andreea Calude spoke at the Flemish Parliament about her research in her role as Lonnoy Chair in Multilingualism at the Brussels Centre for Language Studies at Vrije Universiteit Brussels.
Research exploring how Kiwi kids understand and use #Māori #loanwords
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Andrey Shluinskiy & Natalia Stoynova examined case and adposition marking with Russian loanwords in Enets. Their study shows how Russian influence shaped morphosyntax, especially with verbs and nouns like 'phone.' #Linguistics #Loanwords #Enets #INEL
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Looks good! MT @jansfi: the best thing the post has brought me in ages: Philip Durkin's history of English #loanwords http://bit.ly/1eXmwNK
