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> Note that french people saying "inshallah" say it as a joke (they use this word for fun effect), which isn't the same as really adopting this word. I wonder
by Mordisquitos 2y ago
> Note that french people saying "inshallah" say it as a joke (they use this word for fun effect), which isn't the same as really adopting this word.
I wonder if that's how Christian Spaniards started saying 'ojalá'[0] back in the day, before it became fully adopted into the language!
[0] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ojalá https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ojalá
- boudin 2y agoNever heard inch allah used as a joke in France, I've always heard it in its original meaning but it's not broadly used.