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Est. 1828
Wordplay

Foreign

A Passel of English Words from Yiddish

Our little list is not the whole megillah

8 Words We Stole from French

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All About Latin Plurals

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17 English Words That Come From Japanese

Some borrowed words don't get returned

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Unique words from around the globe

10 English Words from Dutch

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Please don't whinge about being knackered, you prat.

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10 Words from Nahuatl, the Language of the Aztecs

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Giving Meaning to the Latin (and French) in 'The Exorcist'

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