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Darwin
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by Darwin » Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:34 am
Walden wrote: What language is aficionado?
English.
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Matt_Paris
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by Matt_Paris » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:15 am
Darwin wrote: Walden wrote: What language is aficionado?
English.
French of course.
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by khl » Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:30 am
Matt_Paris wrote: Darwin wrote: Walden wrote: What language is aficionado?
English.
French of course.
Mais non. Es Español.
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by fearfaoin » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:12 am
Walden wrote: What language is aficionado?
According to m-w.com:
Etymology: Spanish, from past participle of
aficionar to inspire affection, from
afición affection, from Latin
affection-, affectio
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by Matt_Paris » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:40 am
fearfaoin wrote: Walden wrote: What language is aficionado?
According to m-w.com:
Etymology: Spanish, from past participle of
aficionar to inspire affection, from
afición affection, from Latin
affection-, affectio
I still say it's french...
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by Walden » Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:12 am
Matt_Paris wrote: I still say it's french...
French... Spanish... Portuguese... some Romance dialect.
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by Nanohedron » Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:30 pm
C'mon, people; everyone knows that Afficionado is one of those artifical languages like Esperanto. Get with it, already.
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