Re: phonology of borrowed words

 --- Christophe Grandsire skrzypszy:

> LOL. No. French expressions rarely include nationalities ("capote anglaise"
> and "cor anglais" excepted :)) ).
Same thing in Dutch. Of course, we have "Engelse hoorn", "Vlaamse gaai" (a
bird), "Vlaamse frites", "Pruisisch blauw", but those are rather regular names
than expressions.

But "de Franse slag" is a good example of an expression.

A few others I can think of:
Engelse sleutel ("English key") = monkey-wrench
Engelse ziekte ("English disease") = rachitis

And I found this one (on Spanish):
Het ging er Spaans toe = It was a regular rough-house

> But I'm obliged to admit that the Dutch expression "de Franse slag": the
> French way, is annoyingly accurate :) . I'll say nothing about the English
> expression ;)))) .
Well, if you say so, who am I to contradict it?

Jan

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