Re: Intergermansk - Pizza packaging text :D
| From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 30, 2005, 22:51 |
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In a message dated 1/30/2005 5:23:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ataltanie@OCEANFREE.NET writes:
>> "Mushroom" is the general term, just like e.g. "tree" is general.
>> "Champignon" is a specific type of mushroom, just like an "oak" is a
>> specific type of tree.
>Is this English we're talking about here...? If so, it's not right;
>"champignon" is not an English word.
According to The American Heritage Dictionary, "champignon" _is_ an English
word, meaning "An edible mushroom, especially the much cultivated species
_Agaricus Bisporus_"
Obviously, it's a borrowing from French, but that doesn't stop it from being
an English word.
Doug
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