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Pseudo-anglicisms are words in languages other than English which were borrowed from English but are used in a way native English speakers would not readily recognize or understand. Pseudo-anglicisms often take the form of portmanteau words, combining elements of multiple English words to create a new word that appears to be English but is unrecognisable to a native speaker of English. It is also common for a genuine English word to be used to mean something completely different from its original meaning.
Pseudo-anglicisms are related to false friends or false cognates. Many speakers of a language which employs pseudo-anglicisms believe that the relevant words are genuine anglicisms and can be used in English.
When many English words are incorporated into many languages, language enthusiasts and purists often look down on this phenomenon, terming it (depending on the importing language) Denglisch, Franglais or similar neologisms.
Contents
1 Pseudo-anglicisms in various languages
1.1 Chinese
1.2 Czech
1.3 Danish
1.4 Dutch
1.5 Filipino languages
1.6 French
1.7 German
1.8 Hungarian
1.9 Israeli Hebrew
1.10 Italian
1.11 Japanese
1.12 Polish
1.13 Portuguese
1.14 Romanian
1.15 Russian
1.16 Spanish
1.17 Swedish
1.18 Turkish
2 Sources
3 References
4 See also
5 External links
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Pseudo-anglicisms in various languages
Chinese
BB call pager
DM flyer, brochure, junk mail (from "direct mail")
k?o to photocopy (from the first syllable in "copy")
Czech
server website ("server" is also called "server")
Danish
Babylift (IPA:[b?e?b?ilifd?]) "carrycot".
A b?fsandwich (IPA:[b??:fs?n?it?]) is not a beef sandwich, but a beef patty on a bun (similar to a hamburger).
Dutch
Beamer (also in German) video projector
Beauty case vanity bag
Box (large, toddler-sized) cot
Camper (also in Italian) recreational vehicle (RV) or campervan
Camping (also in other European languages) campsite
Coffeeshop a store selling cannabis (or, colloquially, other psychedelic drugs)
Drugs refers exclusively to narcotics (not to medicines in general)
Dumpstore meaning an army surplus store
The word flat is often used to refer to a block of flats. What the British call "flat" is called appartement or flat in Dutch.
Fitness (also in many other European languages) fitness training as a kind of gymnastics
Happy end (also in other European languages) happy ending
Junk a drug addict (in English that would be Junkie)
Occasion - bargain (an item sold at a favourable price), or even: second-hand car. Originally a French loanword with the meaning of "bargain" and pronounced as in French, it is now often pronounced as in English
Oldtimer (also in German) vintage car
Panty (also in Spanish) pantyhose
Playbacken lip-synch (in songs)
Pocketboek or just Pocket for what is commonly known as a paperback
Sheets transparencies or computer presentation slides
Skeeleren inline skating. Sometimes the 5 wheel speedskates are called 'skeelers' in Dutch.
Skelter a pedal-driven soapbox (car)
Smoking (also in many other European languages) is not a smoking jacket in the Edwardian sense, but a dinner jacket or tuxedo
Songtekst ("tekst" being a native Dutch word) (also in German) lyrics
String (also in French, German and Russian) refers exclusively to a G-string
Topfit (also in German) perfectly physically fit
Filipino languages
Main article: Philippine English
Bad shot - To get on someone's bad side or to make a bad impression.
Bad trip - An unfortunate situation. May mean "bummer".
Banca - Outrigger canoe
Bold - May refer to nudity
Bold movie - A movie with nude or sexually-explicit scenes
Chancing - To make a sexual advance
C.R. (Comfort Room) - Toilet, bathroom
Gimmick or Gimik - A night out with friends. Also, any offering during evening hours by clubs, bars and restaurants to lure customers in.
Slang - May refer to strong foreign accents and pronunciation.
Xerox - as noun, it means "a photocopier"; as verb, "to make a photocopy of". From the Xerox brand of photocopiers.
French
Autostop (also in other European languages) hitch-hiking (verb: faire l'autostop "to hitchhike")
Baby Foot Table football
Basket (also in Italian) basketball
Baskets (also in Romanian) sneakers, trainers (basketball shoes)
Body (for infants) (also in Italian and Spanish) onesie
Box (also in Italian) garage
un Break a station wagon (American English) or estate car (British English) - cf. shooting break
Brushing blow dry
Caddie? (IPA:[ka?di]) shopping trolley
Camping (also in other European languages) campsite
Camping-car (also in Japanese) Campervan or "recreational vehicle"
Car (also in Swiss German) coach
Catch professional wrestling.
Clip (Music) video
Dancing (also in Italian) dance hall or dancing-house
Dressing dressing room
Fitness (also in many other European languages) fitness training as a kind of gymnastics
Flipper (also in Dutch, German and Italian) pinball machine
Foot Football (soccer) (In Canadian French, this would refer to Canadian football, or sometimes in context to American football. Association football is le soccer.)
Footing (also in Italian and Spanish) jogging
Jogging Tracksuit (jogging suit)
Just (adj.) (IPA:[?d??st]) tight
Lifting (also in Italian, Romanian and Spanish) facelift
Living living room
Mail (also in Italian) e-mail
Open Space Open plan office
Paper Board Flip chart
Parking (also in Italian, Spanish, Swiss German and Russian) parking lot (car park)
People (sometimes spelt pipeuls, pipols) celebs, also used as adjective (ex. "Il est tr people")
Playback (also in many other European languages) lip-synch (in songs)
Pressing dry cleaning shop
Pull pullover
Recordman, recordwoman (also in Italian) record holder in sports
Relooking makeover
Rugbyman rugby player
Scotch (also in Italian and Russian) adhesive tape (any brand)
Self self-service restaurant
Sig (in cartoons) sigh
Shampooing (IPA:[???.pw??]) shampoo
Slip (also in Italian and Spanish) briefs
Smoking (also in many other European languages) is not a smoking jacket in the Edwardian sense, but a dinner jacket or tuxedo
Speaker or Speakerine radio or TV news announcer
String (also in Dutch, German and Russian) refers exclusively to a G-string
Talkie-walkie walkie-talkie
Tennisman, tenniswoman - Tennis player (male or female)
Ticket Restaurant? (also in Italian) - meal ticket or Luncheon Voucher (in UK)
Top (adj.) brilliant, great
Trench (also in Italian) trench coat
Volley (IPA:[v??.le]) (also in Italian) volleyball
Zapping (also in Italian, Spanish and German) channel surfing
German
Air-Condition abbreviated from Air conditioning
Backshop a bakeshop
Beamer (also in Dutch) video projector
Beauty-Farm (also in Italian) spa
Bodybag backpack (ironically, English has imported the German word Rucksack, which thankfully is the usual German word for "backpack")
Body leotard
checken understand, realize
Car (Switzerland only; also in French)) coach
catchen professional wrestling (from "catch wrestling")
Dressman (also in Dutch) (male) model
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