Do these anglicisms sound weird to your ears or do they have some sense?
As you may know, we use some English words in French and we also have anglicisms.
I am going to write sentences with anglicisms and I would like to have your opinions. I am going to write them between "quotation marks". Do these sentences make sense or is it nonsense?
Today, I am wearing a "jogging".
She bought new clothes because she did a "relooking".
I like wearing "baskets"
I am going to wrap my present. Do you have some "scotch"?
I put my clothes into the "dressing".
I left my car on the 'parking".
I liked to use a "talkie walkie' when I was young to talk to my friends.
I went to the hairdresser's and she made me a "brushing"
Honestly, I discovered that some of these words were anglicisms, I was persuaded they were English so I'm confused and I guess I should not use them anymore.
Thank you for answering and sorry if it sounds stupid !
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These aren't English words at all - at least not in the sense intended here. They're just 'English-style' FRENCH words:
Here are some suggested translations into actual English:
Today, I am wearing a "jogging". = jogging bottoms/ tracksuit bottoms (BrE) sweatpants (AmE)
She bought new clothes because she did a "relooking". = makeover
I like wearing "baskets" = trainers (BrE) sneakers (AmE)
I am going to wrap my present. Do you have some "scotch"? scotch tape (AmE) sellotape (BrE) ['scotch' is whisky]
I put my clothes into the "dressing". = dressing room (if it's a room) wardrobe (BrE)/ closet (AmE) (piece of furniture_
I left my car on the 'parking". = IN the car park (BrE), in the parking lot (AmE)
I liked to use a "talkie walkie' when I was young to talk to my friends. = walkie-talkie
I went to the hairdresser's and she made me a "brushing" = She gave me a blow-dry
Here's a tip - any gerund (-ing word) that you use in French ( parking, brushing, smoking and so on) as a noun is bound to be 'franglais'. You can be sure that it doesn't have the meaning that you think it has At best, it's only the first part of a compound (as in 'le parking' as half of the compound noun 'parking lot'). And sometimes it's meaningless - as in 'le footing'.
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Nice discover! ,but why we can't use them in the language !?
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None of these sentences make sense or sound natural to a native English speaker.
The following sentences make sense in US English and probably in British English.
"Today, I am wearing my joggers." (Pants designed to be worn while jogging).
"She bought new clothes because she is doing a wardrobe makeover."
????? I like wearing "baskets" ????? I have no idea what this could mean.
"I am going to wrap my present. Do you have some scotch tape?" By the way, that would be American. I think in England they would say "sellotape."
"I put my clothes into the dresser."
"I left my car in the parking lot." (I have never heard this shortened to "parking.")
"I liked to use a walkie-talkie when I was young to talk to my friends."
???? I went to the hairdresser's and she made me a "brushing" ????? I have no idea what this means. Cutting and shaping the hair into a beautiful forum would be called a "hairdo" or a "coiffure."
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I can make sense of all of them, but none of them are correct. In English, "scotch" is a drink. We shorten "scotch tape" to "tape."
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Actually, the only natural sounding sentence is the 4th sentence. I hear most people either say “tape” or “scotch tape” as opposed to just scotch.
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