irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agoWhat's a piece of esoteric knowledge you have?message-square87fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a piece of esoteric knowledge you have?irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squarewilllinkfedilinkEnglish49•2 months 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-square@salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink7•2 months 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”.