Christophe wrote:
>En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
>
> > For the Japanophones on the list; am I correct in assuming that "idoru"
> > (as
> > in William Gibson's book-title) is a japanesification of "idol"?
> >
>
>If you mean the English word "idol", then no.
Well, the word is found in many modern western languages - if it's a loan
there's no reason it should necessarily be from English.
Andreas
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