16 Oct
2000
16 Oct
'00
5:49 a.m.
jim bell wrote:
It's interesting that German is so willing to absorb new language terms, completely unlike French. English has embraced foreign expressions, and so, it seems, has German.
Maybe they've decided they need more "sprechenraum".
"sprachraum", actually. :) german has always accepted a lot of foreign terms. during the late middle ages, it was mostly french, in modern times it's mostly english. I guess it comes from sitting in the middle of a continent (borders to 9 other countries) - you just can't close yourself off against foreign influence.