People, I need your help. I'm wracking my brain to try to remember this, but I can't, so it's driving me nuts. Also, it's proving quite impossible to look up.
What's the term for a word that's almost exactly the same in a foreign language? Like supermarket and supermercado. There's a very specific term for those easy ones and I can't remember for the life of me.
Come on, you crazy blogosphere, if that is your real name. I need you to come through on this one.
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cognate!
ps: me gusta su blog...o.
Damn it Ian! How dare you wake up so early?! I could have answered this myself.
*Le sigh*. Well I'll add this bit. If it sounds exactly the same in another language but it has a wildly different meaning it's a false cognate. Ooooooh.
Oh and Tim, are you quoting the first line to the greatly hilarious "I like to shop with mom and pop" Spanish/English instructional video? If so, awesome.
- Scott
Yes! Cognate! Man, you guys are lifesavers. Bully for you.
And yes Scott, I may forget all other knowledge of Spanish, but I will never forget how to say, "I like to shop with my mother and father in the supermarket."
The video is that awesome.
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err... wait, I already have a COLLEGE DEGREE! I also have COLLEGE LOAN DEBT!
So yeah, I guess I don't need to call THAT number NOW after all. Instead I think I'm GOING to have some ice CREAM.
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But what I do I know? I clearly don't have a BODY of work like yours to draw on.
- Scott
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