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You know all of these words. Can you recognise them? (They're all things you might find in your house.)

al-khol
jarrah
laymun
leemah
naranj
qutun
riz
suffah
sukkar
talq

Date: 2009-10-02 01:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dogorcuton.livejournal.com
qutun

HAI! THAT'S ME!

Date: 2009-10-02 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kateorman.livejournal.com
*pats pat pat*

Date: 2009-10-02 01:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] antikythera.livejournal.com
Alcohol
...jar?
Lemon
Lime
Orange
Cotton
Rice
Sofa
Sugar
Talc

Date: 2009-10-02 01:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kateorman.livejournal.com
100% correct! :D

Date: 2009-10-02 09:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] infinitarian.livejournal.com
I love English. How many other world languages have everyday words borrowed from cultures as diverse as Tonga and the Inuit?

Not to mention all the Anglo-Indian ones. Bungalow, budgerigar, gymkhanna, dungarees, jodphurs.

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