English and other languages: defeat or interaction?

n -ing family is the most popular except in French:

Un lifting, le pushing, un dancing, parking, camping, un lashing, a living, smoking

Ø Pressing Fr. – a dry-cleaner’s shop Germ – tackling as at football It. - putting pressure, Chile - bluyins - jeans

n Portug. Queque -little cake

n Serbo-Croatian – nylon hotel – brothel nylon beach – for nudists

n It. Le bronzing (sunbathing)

Japan

n Sumato - smart n Nyuu ritchi – newly rich n Haikutasu – high class n Kyapitaru gein – capital gain n Rushawa – rush hour

n Erebeta – elevator n Nekutai – necktie n Bata – butter n Beikon – bacon n Sarada - salad

n Pepadoraiba –paper driver – not practising driver

Singapore Shims ( she-hims) transvestites

German :

n Brunchen, clicken, fighten, jobben, shoppen, mobben, outen, relaxen etc.

n Old-timer , handy

Sport terms in Germany

n Aerobic classes Warm-up Cool-down jogging

n English German

n Professional (pro) profi

n Last but not least last not least

n Take-off start

n Veteran car old-timer

n Male model dress model

The Netherlands/Many phrasesin Dutch were triggered by English ones:

n Bij de veg – by the way

n Dat is alles voor nu – that’s all for now

n plakje cake – piece of cake

n Niet mijn copie thee – not my cup of tea

n Zie je later – see you later

 

n Dutch equivalents are no longer used: Leidinggevende → manager, Ontspannen → relax, Dienstverlening → services

l Even slogans of international companies located in the Netherlands are in English: Heinekken – ‘Heinekken refreshes the parts that other beers cannot reach’

 

l Philips - ’ Let’s make things better’,

Sense &Simplicity

l T-mobile – ‘life is for sharing’

 

 

n Many words appeared in different historical periods to describe mixture of English and Dutch: Nederengels, Dunglish, Amerilands, Englutch, Engerlands, Dutchlish, Dutchglish

n IT loans in the Netherlands

n Password

n User

n Surfen browsen bloggen mailen deleten printen forwarden editen typen

n Sports loans - no Dutch equivalents for sport terms ( racen, squashen, joggen, fitnessen, golf, keeper, penalty

Code-switching

l The room is vol people ( full of)

l I have ook received it (too)

l They try, nee, they tried to help us (no)

l And then you neem another one (took)

l He distributed it aan everybody (to)

 

English and other languages: false friends of interpreters