http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-455303 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:16:05 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-455303 Durchfall, that’s the German word, although it hasn’t arrived in the English language yet.

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-394057 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:21:48 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-394057 Totally unaccurate, there’s hundreds of loanwords that are way more commonly used! Like: sauteé, plaza, patio, Algebra, or Taco!

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-378453 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:12:57 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-378453 yo sorry i didnt now u was a girl. also do u wan be my girl

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-378452 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:11:24 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-378452 wel u re a frigin ***** that can’t make up their mind so dnt *****ing talk to people bout dat

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-376718 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:13:15 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-376718 Well that was luck coming across this list today. I was just trying to find the definantion of Ennui yesterday but of course couldn’t spell it. Thanks bunches!

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-372435 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:09:58 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-372435 Boondock. From Filipino (bundok, n). Meaning mountain.

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-371079 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:37:16 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-371079 Most have no two words in English that could be combined to make a single word. I would therefore take wanderlust off the list, and have never heard it pronounced in an accented way. It’s like saying “vindscheeld”, which is an American word the British could borrow, as “screens” have holes.

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-371078 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:35:14 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-371078 most have no 2 words in English that could be combined to make a single word. I would take wanderlust off the list, and have never heard it pronounced in an accented way. It’s like saying “vindscheeld”, which is an American word the British could borrow, as “screens” have holes.

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-357003 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:43:03 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-357003 amok, from malay-indonesian (originally amuk). meaning going bats@#t crazy

]]> http://listverse.com/2007/10/14/top-10-loanwords/comment-page-1/#comment-308625 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:59:11 +0000 http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-loanwords/#comment-308625 Yes, indeed the H is pronounced in ad hominem — thought it was strange to be incorrect. Wd have assumed some research before putting the list up.
Also, the pronunciation for saudade is incorrect. The first part, sau, is pronounced sow (as in pig b/c A is ah and U is oo) but the next two syllables are not correct: da is like dhah, it's like an aspirate D — neither TH nor D; and de again is like dhay.
Yes, Z in German is TS in English.
Sehnsucht is closer to sen-sooght if you think of gh as a hard H (no G sound), harder than hissing. Sorry, closest I can get. Interesting word, not that common however rest are.

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