Loan Words
rogersgeorge on April 30th, 2018
I suppose you could say that English became a lot more cosmopolitan in 1066 when the Normans invaded and infused French into the language. From them we got “pork” and “beef” on the dinner table and “pig” and “cow” in the barnyard. But English, over time, has become almost a pidgin language from all the loan words it has acquired. Hence the humor of this Making It:
He’s making fun of people who have a provincial attitude and don’t give newcomers enough time to learn the language.
It’s a good point, though:
If you go to visit a place where the people speak something other than English, make an effort to learn that language!
Not sure that manager should be smoking in the workplace, either…
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