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To: SSS Two

Loadwords for include from the British, who took it from their stay in India: bungalow, pajama, guru, dungaree, cot, typhoon, etc., because what is what they had or developed apart from us

I watch Korean dramas and they use words from us like : kiss, okay, coffee, (pronounced kopee), date ( like the courting gesture, etc., because they that is what they like about us.

I am an American of Filipino descent and I see the word “boondock” used here in the US for a place in the middle of nowhere.


19 posted on 01/14/2017 12:27:40 PM PST by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
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To: lulu16
I watch Korean dramas and they use words from us like : kiss, okay, coffee, (pronounced kopee), date ( like the courting gesture, etc., because they that is what they like about us.

And my favorite...."Fighting!"

21 posted on 01/14/2017 12:28:18 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: lulu16

Thanks, I had no idea boondock sprang from Tagalog, just assumed it might have had something to do with frontiersman Daniel Boone.
My brothers used to call boots boondockers as I recall.


39 posted on 01/14/2017 1:51:20 PM PST by piasa
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To: lulu16

Okay is possibly the first word understood everywhere. People in India can’t say it just once but repeat it 4 times.


46 posted on 01/14/2017 6:03:15 PM PST by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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