Re: CHAT: The [+foreign] attribute

And Rosta scripsit:

> (Somewhat tangentially, the discussion (& mention of the "empan[y]ada"
> in the text you posted the url to) prompts me to ask if anyone can
> suggest additions to the following list of common mispronunciations of
> nativized foreignisms, which I have collected from many many hours
> of watching American TV programmes:
[...]

> * chaise lounge
This is now fully lexicalized, essentially folk etymology, like crayfish
for écrevisse.  In effect, "chaise" has become a cranberry morpheme.

> * lingeré
This is the standard and universal U.S. pronunciation; although m-w.com
lists a pronunciation ending in [i], I have never heard anyone use it,
and strongly suspect it does not exist.

> > Lojban has an elaborate mechanism for borrowing (the Lojban idiom is
> > "taking" -- they aren't returned)
>
> The Lojban idiom is latterly "copying"...
Oops, yes.  I have never quite got used to "fu'ivla", despite its
appearance (by search-and-replace) in Woldy.

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