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Generally, words coming from French often retain a higher register than words of Old English origin, and they are considered by some to be more posh, elaborate, sophisticated, or pretentious. However, there are exceptions: weep , groom and stone (from Old English) occupy a slightly higher register than cry , brush and rock (from French).
Profanity in the French language, socially offensive language. Profanity is language that is generally considered by certain parts of a culture to be strongly impolite, rude, or offensive. It can show a debasement of someone or something, or be considered as an expression of strong feeling towards something.
in English, a person who cooks professionally for other people. In French the word means "head" or "chief"; a professional cook is a cuisinier (lit. "cook"), chef-cuisinier referring to a head cook. Also, sous-chef, the second-in-command, directly under the head chef.
The first continued in its adopted language in its original obsolete form centuries after it had changed its form in national French: bon viveur – the second word is not used in French as such, [1] while in English it often takes the place of a fashionable man, a sophisticate, a man used to elegant ways, a man-about-town, in fact a bon vivant ...
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VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania has found no sign that the crash on Monday of a DHL cargo plane was caused by sabotage, and believes technical issues were a more likely explanation, officials said on ...
Les goddams (sometimes les goddems [1] or les goddons [2]) is an obsolete ethnic slur historically used by the French to refer to the English, based on their frequent expletives. [3] The name originated during the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) between England and France, when English soldiers were notorious among the French for their frequent ...
The Patriots took control of the 2025 NFL draft's No. 1 pick after the Giants beat the Colts in Week 17. Who will go with the first overall pick?