German anglicisms

Dennis R. Preston preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU
Fri Apr 13 14:15:22 UTC 2001


Barman is good BritEng for Bartender.

dInIs (a wino who barely has this info)

>Hi all,
>I'm doing research on anglicized German words lacking English
>counterparts.  'Barman' for example (Eng. Bartender).  I've found
>many examples in newspapers, but might anyone know of any previous
>research into this area, or at least have some ideas of where to
>look?
>
>Thanks,
>Rachel

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Dennis R. Preston
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