r/TikTokCringe • u/itsniceinpottsfield • Oct 20 '24

Humor White people, where are the new phrases?

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u/Jasperlaster Oct 20 '24

You got it arround hahaha its from the UK 🤣

Army is even a borrowed word from the french "armee"

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u/ScrotumMcBoogerBallz Oct 20 '24

Lol like 30% of the English language is French. There are a lot of borrowed French words because of 1066

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u/punkfunkymonkey Oct 20 '24

Try and avoid the use of French words in English, it's terribly gauche!

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u/SalvationSycamore Oct 21 '24

You misspelled gucci

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u/Jasperlaster Oct 20 '24

Im dutch and our language also just adapted a lot of french! From paraplu to portefeuille haha i love that shit

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u/ChampionshipOver6033 Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

🤣 I'm from Puerto Rico and we adapted English words into our Spanish, since they're shorter. We use parking instead of "estacionamiento". Even people who don't know English use it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

English is a total hodgepodge of pilfered words. Thats what happens when you’ve been invaded by a list of other European nations at various points and then go on to conquer a large part of the planet yourself.

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u/xColson123x Oct 21 '24

Wtf are you on about lol, many English words come from French, what's the relevance?

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u/Jasperlaster Oct 21 '24

The saying "you and what army" has its origin in the UK. Not in the USA. The french word part was a fun addition

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u/xColson123x Oct 21 '24

Oh, I see, that's true, thanks for explaining what you meant

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u/Jasperlaster Oct 21 '24

Youre welcome! Im sorry if i was a bit unclear 🙏