irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 days agoWhat's a piece of esoteric knowledge you have?message-squaremessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up187
arrow-up187message-squareWhat's a piece of esoteric knowledge you have?irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square86linkfedilink
minus-squarewill@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·14 days ago“Bizarre” is the only word from the Basque language that is regularly used in the English language (Can’t wait to be proven wrong in 5… 4… 3…)
minus-squaresalvarialinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agoI found this really interesting so I looked it up! This website claims that “anchovy” also came to English from Basque, along with “bilbo” and possibly “jingo”.
“Bizarre” is the only word from the Basque language that is regularly used in the English language
(Can’t wait to be proven wrong in 5… 4… 3…)
I found this really interesting so I looked it up! This website claims that “anchovy” also came to English from Basque, along with “bilbo” and possibly “jingo”.