Showing posts with label words. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

French people use English words too!

Examples of English words that French people use:
Week-end
LOL, not saying elle-oh-elle, they just say loll
Chewing-gum or just ‘chewing’=how they would say gum
Email
Wifi, pronounced “wee-fee”
Bar, barman
Cool
McDrive=what the McDonald’s drive thru is called
Fan=as in to be a fan of something
Fast-food=un fast-food is a fast food restaurant
Gentleman
Hippie
Hamburger and hot dog
Leggings=tights
Magazine
Milk-shake
Muffin
OK
Parking=un parking means a parking lot
Sandwich
Skateboard
Snack
Thriller=horror film
Toast
T-shirt
Shampooing=shampoo
Short=shorts in English 

Sports and music genres have basically the same names:
boxe, ring, uppercut, swing
football (for soccer), goal, penalty, shooter, shot
basket-ball
rugby
hockey
golf, tee, club, green, put, caddie
Surf=surfing
tennis
volley-ball
handball
country
blues
gospel
jazz
rock'n'roll
rhythm and blues
soul
swing
folk or folk-song
rap

You would say...
J'aime la musique rap.=I like rap music.
Je joue au basket.=I play basketball.