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Germans, you might not know this: "Zugzwang" is a loanword in English.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang

#German #English #loanword #Zugzwang

“Four factors are found to be significant predictors of the position of primary stress: endings, word complexity, the segmental structure of the final syllable, and syllable count. Moreover, this study confirms previous observations on the tendency for American English to have more final stress in French loanwords than British English.”

Dabouis, Q. and Fournier, P. (2024) ‘Stress in French loanwords in British and American English’, Journal of Linguistics, pp. 1–26. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226724000136.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #DOI #Linguistics #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #GB #UK #UnitedKingdom #Britain #France #French #English #LoanWord #LoanWords #Word #Words #Academia #Academic #Academics @linguistics

TIL: (thanks #TheGuardian I guess): #German "Aufguss" is already a #Loanword in #English, and it is actually a form of experimental theater:

"This is “Aufguss”, a German term for “infusion” that has been translated for American audiences as “wellness theater”. The art form, long popular in Europe, is getting its North American debut in an unexpected place: Sin City"

Ok, for reasons of fairness, I also tag this as #BadTranslation

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/wellness-theater-las-vegas-aufguss-sauna
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Today was the first time I used gender neutral language in uni stuff (it was a test). I hope the professor understands that "usuárie" means user and that "nal" means "in the".

And yes, I'm borrowing #Arabic's "al" (the) as the neuter variant of the defininte article in #Portuguese (the masc. and fem. forms are "o" & "a", respectively). It's the best option I found but it isn't popular (yet).

I only felt "safe" becouse the prof writes "usuári@s" (users).

#GenderNeutralLanguage #LoanWord