descendents

[Chris Waigl]

> My point remains, insofar as I suspect that many speakers do not recognize
> that "ambient" & "ambience" are well-established  English words now that
> legitimately claim an Anglo pronunciation.

I've never heard the musical genre pronounced other than the Anglo way --
it tends to be, even in French and German.

Chris Waigl
a new term would be nice: ping-pong borrowings, maybe?

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