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Nothing wrong with loan-words. It becomes a problem though when it becomes linguistic and/or cultural imperialism (trying to undermine various cultures and lang
by rahen 4y ago
Nothing wrong with loan-words. It becomes a problem though when it becomes linguistic and/or cultural imperialism (trying to undermine various cultures and languages through a more dominant one). French Canada could say a few things about that.
Well, granted, English and French have a special history as they both invaded countless countries to the point those two languages eventually became spoken on all continents. I guess it's only fair when it backfires sometimes, and there's a bit of irony when it happens between those two languages in particular.
- MathYouF 4y agoThe first such invasion in the last millenia was that of England by the French Normans (themselves having been invaded only a generation before by Danish pagans), where French language was loosely imposed across the lands for several centuries, leading to the English we have today, majorly comprised of French loan words.