Re: shampoo [was: English compared to other European languages]

>>>>> "Christian" == Christian Weisgerber <naddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Christian> Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Who borrows ordinary words from a "written" source???????

Christian> I strongly suspect that the current influx of English
Christian> loans and calques into German is mostly based on the
Christian> written language.

Like "Computer"?


Christian> This is a bit difficult to prove because we would have
Christian> to track the origin of individual words back to the
Christian> actual people who introduced them.

I'd like to know who started to use "Handy". :)


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