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Kawaii Japanese for everyday life

The English language is no stranger to being infiltrated by loan words from other languages. As far back as the days of Old English, when there was enormous influence from the Viking invaders, English has always found room for new words and more ways to express similar concepts (e.g. maternal and motherly) and this continues [...]

Posted on: August 31 2011 | Posted by: | Comments: 6 | Categories: Other languages, Word origins, Word trends and new words | Tags: , , , ,

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