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Doesn't the word 'cop' do that already? It does for me anyway.
by OJFord 4y ago
Doesn't the word 'cop' do that already? It does for me anyway.
- ojbyrne 4y agoI was going to say that, but a little googling showed me the word “cop” is not of American origin.
- StrangeSound 4y agoI'm not sure "cop" has American origins. http://orvillejenkins.com/words/cops.html http://orvillejenkins.com/words/cops.html
- Hunpeter 4y agoInterestingly, in my native language (Hungarian) the word "kopó", which means a kind of hunting dog, used to be slang for a detective. I thought there maybe was some connection to "cop", but apparently it's just a coincidence.
- OJFord 4y agoNeither does 'Fall' (season), but in modern usage it all but guarantees the speaker is North American (or ESL and learnt it from them).
- Karellen 4y agoI reckon quite a few countries with English as an official language will have "cop" as a nickname for "police" - even in places where their police culture might significantly different from US police culture.
- version_five 4y agoAlso, in non-English speaking places, there are usually long standing slang words of similar standing, e.g "flic" in French. The evolution of police novels is multi-linglua (Wahloo / Sjowall, Simenon) so reading "cop" in english is not a dead giveaway, though I understand the point having read through the discussion.