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A better example than sneeze might be diarrhoea. In Chinese this is very easy - 拉肚子 - but I'm sure there are English speakers who might forget the spelling for
by djtango 2y ago
A better example than sneeze might be diarrhoea. In Chinese this is very easy - 拉肚子 - but I'm sure there are English speakers who might forget the spelling for diarrhoea if they're having a bad day.
- ralfd 2y agoDoes English not have a native word? It would be „Durchfall“ in German, and the Greek word only be used if one wanted to be fancy.
- jan_Inkepa 2y agoIt just has, uh, diarroeha...yeah I can't spell it either
- School-Cotton 2y agoEnglish speakers perceive it as a native word, not a Greek one. There are lots of examples of this, where English has a foreign-sounding word for something whereas German has a Germanic one. For example oxygen vs. Sauerstoff.