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newbie
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we use in the Englishe language - someone once told me there were hundreds of them!
the only one i know are
filet mignon
bon appetite
creme fraiche
croissant (is that even french)
can you think of others?
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:14 pm French words..
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mteric
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Location: Montana, USA
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Yep, there are many of them! Too many to exhaustively list here. In fact, about 40% of English vocabulary comes from French. Of course, some of the spellings are slightly different, but they are basically the same (for example majeur/major, délicieux/delicious). And there are "false cognates" -- words that look like the same thing between the two languages, but mean different things (like actuel/actual, vilain/villian).
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:19 pm
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teammate
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It is actually a surprise for me to see so many French words being used by all of us.
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Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:50 pm
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mteric
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It certainly makes learning the language seem a little bit easier. 
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:32 pm
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