Re: Borrowings

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>I wouldn't call it an opposite. The meaning has shifted from one
>part of the car to another related one. The (English) chassis is
>the support of the car. The (French) chassis is the shell, which
>can be also seen as a supporting structure.
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American cars have a "hood", as do British cars.  But ask an American and an
Englishman to point at the hood and they'll point at two different parts of
the car.