Re: [NTLK] OT - Do you speak BBC English?

On Sep 3, 2007, at 2:19 AM, G. Isten wrote:

> Everything is being anglicized (and incorrectly, at that).

True. I love the invention of the word "Handy" in Germany. It means
wireless phone (or cell phone for you in the US) and it sounds oh so
English. But it is even more amusing that GB has now largely adopted
the German word "Handy" for wireless phones.

Circular anglicization? Reverse Germinification? ;-)

   Matthias

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