LL-L "Lexicon" 2003.10.21 (05) [E]

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From: Frédéric Baert <baert_frederic at CARAMAIL.COM>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2003.10.20 (07) [E/French]

>Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.10.16 (16) [E)
>
>>Ben J. Bloomgren <godsquad at cox.net> wrote:
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>>The French have taken week-end as a very annoying borrowing that they use
>instead of
>>fin de semaine. As you know, I can't stand those blatant substitution for
>>English words when French has words for such things as les week-ends et
les
>>business. It is weird to my native English-speaking ears, but I don't put
>it
>>above the Brits.

Hi

I always use the english "week end" when I speak it french. The point is, I
use "week end" to speak about days saturday and sunday. If I tell "je
viendrai en fin de semaine." In my mind, it means "I will come Thursday or
Friday". I think it is so for many people in France. "La fin de semaine" is
the end of the work week. For me, the week is divided into 4 parts :
"Debut de semaine" : Monday and Tuesday
"Milieu de semaine" : Wednesday and Thursday
"Fin de semaine" : Thursday and Friday
"Week end" : Saturday and Sunday.

But it must be pointed out that, in the past, French has already taken
words from germanic languages where it had one yet.
For example :
"Nord" instead of "Septentrion"
"Sud" instead of "midi" or "mridien"
"Est" instead of "Orient" or "Levant"
"Ouest" instead of "Occident" or "Ponant".
It didn't shock anyone at the time I think, and french people even don't
know now that "Nord, Sud, Est, Ouest" were not French words.
There are many other examples of borrowing and I think It is natural in
languages that are in contact.

Cheers
Vrederyk Baert

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