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This is really hard to explain, but what do you call it when you use words from another language in English? Words like "Communique" or "Collectif," where someone would say: "There seems to be some sort of 'Communique' written on his shirt." There must be a specific term which categorizes these types of words. I'm pretty sure it's some poetic term, as you encounter a lot of foreign words in poetry.

2007-01-29 09:05:28 · 2 answers · asked by p00n 2 in Society & Culture Languages

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They're foreign words. Foreign terms. It happens all the time--I don't think anybody thought to label it poetically. It also happens in other languages--for instance, Japanese has about 70,000 English words in it that have been converted to Japanese pronunciation but are definitely English in origin.

2007-01-29 09:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0 0

I have examine that poem three times. now i not often do not forget that, in that poem the poet remembers his youngsters memories of his mom. he relates his mom with the incidents it is taking position. so, i imagine it is simile.

2016-10-16 06:41:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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