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Gratuitous -Insert Language Here-

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  • GuitarBizarreGuitarBizarre
    Yes.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Unless you can claim that "penis" is a loanword, then that's not a gratuitous foreign language.
  • KomodinKomodin
    edited 2011-05-04 16:39:41
    The Sonic Series Wiki Curator of TvTropes
    @AXavierB: Geez, it's about time someone got the reference.

    @ GuitarBizarre: But... I don't wanna talk about dongs...
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    EMBRACE THE DONGS, KOMODIN.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    The Taepodongs?
  • KomodinKomodin
    The Sonic Series Wiki Curator of TvTropes
    @Forzare: No.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    "Unless you can claim that "penis" is a loanword, then that's not a gratuitous foreign language."

    Isn't "penis" a latin/greek word?

    All words in English that aren't of Germanic orgin are loanwords.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    I think it's only a loanword if it is in its original form.

    Well, maybe that's not the case, but it's only an instance of gratuitous foreign language if it's in its original form.

    So, things with Latin roots don't count as being gratuitous Latin, but actual Latin (such as quid pro quo and pro bono) would.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    "I think it's only a loanword if it is in its original form."

    No, they can be adapted to the language grammatical rules. Like "behavioristas" in Spanish.


  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]

    Juan's right,


    In fact, English is one of the few Indo-European languages that doesn't change loanwords to fit its spelling and grammar rules.

  • Central AvenueCentral Avenue
    In fact, English is one of the few Indo-European languages that doesn't change loanwords to fit its spelling and grammar rules.
    And even that's kinda inconsistent. (Most people wouldn't find it "wrong" to pluralize "ninja" as "ninjas", to name an example)
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