English calques and pseudo-anglicisms (Summary)

Thu Mar 23 16:28:08 UTC 2000

Heinrich Pfandl,
      Are you sure that "no problem" isn't a Germanism?  I too never heard
the expression in English but when I went to Germany in the mid 50's in the
army I heard it from German speakers very often.   Das ist kein
Problem.  My impression is that Americans only in the last decade or so
started using the expression.
      Jim Bailey


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James Bailey
1102 Hathaway Dr.
Madison, WI  53711
(608) 271-3824

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