French expressions in English (Re: OTCHAT:Asperger'ssyndrome)n

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> In this sense, you're right. "Entendre" used to mean "to understand", like
> Spanish "entender". In fact, it's still used a little in French with its
> old meaning, as in expressions like "j'entends bien faire ainsi": "I'm
> willing to do it this way", or "j'entends bien" to reply to someone that
> you understood what this person meant.
Fair enough.  But why use the infinitive "entendre" as a simple noun in English?
It feels like using "aimer" for "amour".

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