Re: English compared to other European languages

Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@xxxxxx> writes:

> On 27 Apr 2005 18:16:40 +0100, Des Small
> <des.small@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >"Seán O'Leathlóbhair" <jwlawler@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >> As far as I know, it is just "shampoo". I don't often buy the
> >> stuff in France but the little bottles in the hotels use this
> >> word.
> >
> >This is you, inexplicably changing the subject.
> >
> >As it happens, a quick Googling establishes that "un shampooing" is
> >indeed the act of washing (shampooing) one's hair, with exemplars
> >such as "un shampooing quotidien ?"
> >
> ><http://www.beauty-experts.com/htm/bebe/croutes_lait.asp>
>
> From the same page:
>
> "Au début du bain, déposez un peu de shampooing sur sa tête"

Fair enough. I took Seán's 'As far as I know, it is just "shampoo"'
to be an informed comment, which'll be the last time.

> The normal meaning of "(le) shampooing" is "shampoo". The
> meaning "act of applying shampoo to the hair" is by far less
> frequent (presumably in the same order as shampoo ~
> shampooing in English, i.e. 2.500.000 to 199.000).

But "a shampooing" is barely possible in Engleesh.

Des
intends to use it extensively from now on, of course
.

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