Some mixed language double ups

[Nine_Two]

"The Hoi Polloi", hoi means "the".

Looking at place names, people in general are not very original in naming things and almost every place name in the world is a description of the place, or stolen from somewhere else. So if you add a descriptor in English, and then translate the name into English, as often as not you'll get those redundancies.

[Karenanna]

Originally Posted by littlenothing

D Day. Because the D stands for day.

I always wondered what the D in D Day stood for.

[Karenanna]

Originally Posted by Andromedus

Jesus Christ the Messiah, both Christ and Messiah means ''the anointed one''. So that would be ''Jesus the anointed one the anointed one.'' Of course, the words sounds and are spelled a bit differently in the original languages but still

It is more likely popular because the British Empire was biiiiig and these days the US is a superpower and what language is the most common one over there? English.

You've right. The British spread their language around everywhere, including the U.S.A. and Australia, where I live.

[Karenanna]

Originally Posted by Nine_Two

"The Hoi Polloi", hoi means "the".

Looking at place names, people in general are not very original in naming things and almost every place name in the world is a description of the place, or stolen from somewhere else. So if you add a descriptor in English, and then translate the name into English, as often as not you'll get those redundancies.

Good explanation.

[Nine_Two]

Originally Posted by Karenanna

I always wondered what the D in D Day stood for.

There is also a lesser known military term, "H-hour", denoting the exact time an operation is to begin. In light of the meaning of "D-Day", I'm sure you can figure out what the H stands for.

[littlenothing]

I was going to add H hour, but I figured no one had ever heard of it!

[Nine_Two]

The D-Day and H-Hour ones actually make sense if you understand it as part of a system for keeping a timetable before and during an operation. i.e. Convoy is to embark at H-3, Beachhead is to be secured at H+1, City is to be secured by D+6,

[christian7777]

"Rice paddy" means "rice rice field".

[Sky Pilot]

I picked up a can in the soup aisle and read:
"CHILI CON CARNE, with Meat!"
... umm ... hello, label writers ... "Con Carne" means "with meat" ...

[ProVobis]

One hears the TLM Mass a lot.

[ProVobis]

Originally Posted by Karenanna

It is interesting to see how languages borrow words from other languages. The French are trying to fight back, to preserve their language from being corrupted with English words.

English on the other hand, welcomes words from anywhere and everywhere. It is no wonder that it has become so popular, in so many parts of the world. It is a really flexible language.

It's the refusal of Anglophones to learn other languages and the strength of the dollar that makes English almost necessary. It's a barbaric language mostly, but 50% of the words have Latin roots. Low reading scores and too much grammatical freedom indicate that English itself will soon become corrupted, however. Young Chinese kids can easily pick up, say, "dogs chases cats" phrases while walking to and from their advanced calculus classes.

[Karenanna]

Originally Posted by ProVobis

It's the refusal of Anglophones to learn other languages and the strength of the dollar that makes English almost necessary. It's a barbaric language mostly, but 50% of the words have Latin roots. Low reading scores and too much grammatical freedom indicate that English itself will soon become corrupted, however. Young Chinese kids can easily pick up, say, "dogs chases cats" phrases while walking to and from their advanced calculus classes.

I was never in a position to learn any other language but English, but if I had been, I would have welcomed the opportunity.

[Nine_Two]

Originally Posted by ProVobis

It's the refusal of Anglophones to learn other languages and the strength of the dollar that makes English almost necessary. It's a barbaric language mostly, but 50% of the words have Latin roots. Low reading scores and too much grammatical freedom indicate that English itself will soon become corrupted, however. Young Chinese kids can easily pick up, say, "dogs chases cats" phrases while walking to and from their advanced calculus classes.

The fact that English is a North Germanic language with such a high number of words with Latin roots just goes to show that its borrowing is nothing new,

[Sky Pilot]

Shrimp Scampi.
Scampi means shrimp, therefore ...
Shrimp Shrimp.

[Cristiano]

Originally Posted by Sky Pilot

Shrimp Scampi.
Scampi means shrimp, therefore ...
Shrimp Shrimp.

Scampi are not shrimp as prawns are not shrimp either. Scampi are really tiny lobsters.

To say "shrimp scampi" is more like saying "lamb beef"