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Paddle up to the souq in my umiaq looking to buy some yaqona for a handful of qindar

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[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I see you recently lost in Scrabble

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

When I'm desperate to spell something in Word Play

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not a single one of those examples is an English-language word. They are all loanwords, with the exception of two proper nouns and an example of archaic spelling which hasn't been used in centuries.

Did you miss “tranq”, short for tranquilizer? It’s pretty native and modern sounding right? That being said ya the list is disappointing

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

When does a loanword become native? Single, example, language, exception, proper, use, and century are all words that came from French.

Not a lone one of those forebisens is an English-tongue word. They are all loanwords, with the outlier of two ownnames and a forebisen of oldspelling which hasn't been noted in yearhundreds.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It becomes a "normal" word when people use it. All these words are essentially not used at all.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Burqa is used all the time.

[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Jelq is widely known too, at least it is amongt my friend group...

[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

The word "souq" has seen use in English since the 19th century. Currently, it's used more than the word "insectile". If "insectile" can count as English, "souq" would as well. Besides, we can use the word "bazaar" in English, so why not "souq"?

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Most of what I saw was specifically NOT an English word but a word from some other language....?!

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or brand names, or initialisms. Or literally the letter "Q" itself. All there just to bulk out the list to actually be long enough to have to scroll.

These guys must suck at Scrabble.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're probably great at Scrabble if they use the official rules because the official rules allow a lot of "words" which really are not English words.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 4 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, the word "qi" is a legitimate word in Scrabble, and my family learning that fact marked the end of me having fun playing Scrabble with them. Once it stops being about expanding your vocabulary and spelling, and starts being about maximizing points with words you only know because they're useful in the game, it becomes a lot less interesting.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

English speakers: "Our words."

Tranq is the only one I have ever seen written out.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

*Our words, qomrade.

Abe that is just shooter for tranquilizer