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To: vannrox
borrowed English terms in German such as "okay," "T-shirt" and "party."

The Germans didn't already have a word for party? That figures.
20 posted on 04/09/2003 8:25:52 PM PDT by Deathmonger
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To: Deathmonger
Of course we had a word for party (Feier), but Party became more popular since English words sound so "cool".
37 posted on 04/10/2003 4:44:26 AM PDT by Michael81Dus
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