top | item 29093434 (no title) nynox | 4 years ago Fake foreign words can sometimes take a life of their own, see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pseudo-French_words_in... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pseudo-German_words_in...My favorite coffee name so far is definitely Urino Decaffeinato discuss order hn newest kergonath|4 years ago The first link is terrible. “Voir dire” is not pseudo-French, it’s an archaic expression from old Norman French (a lot of such phrases ended up in English legal language). Also, “nom de plume” is used commonly in French. tonyedgecombe|4 years ago >Urino DecaffeinatoI think I was drinking that this morning. gpderetta|4 years ago that doesn't sound very tasty, but to each their own I guess.
kergonath|4 years ago The first link is terrible. “Voir dire” is not pseudo-French, it’s an archaic expression from old Norman French (a lot of such phrases ended up in English legal language). Also, “nom de plume” is used commonly in French.
kergonath|4 years ago
tonyedgecombe|4 years ago
I think I was drinking that this morning.
gpderetta|4 years ago