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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)

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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] CoggyMcFee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll grant you that once we have adapted and incorporated the words, we are no longer borrowing them. Maybe we should stop calling them loanwords at that point. But while they're still new and don't yet fit in, I would say that borrowing sounds about right.

Well, the definition of “loanword” means it isn’t just being used ad hoc because it is brand new, but rather that it has been incorporated into the language at least to some extent!

[–] aulin 1 points 10 months ago

If that's the case, I agree that it's a bit strange.