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Jack-in-the-box Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
"Basket" = "basket-ball", "volley" = "volley-ball"?
Is it possible, and correct, in English to say "basket" meaning "basket-ball" (e. g., "a basket team"), or "volley" in the sense of "volley-ball"?
Thanks for your answers.
Thanks for your answers.
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No, JITB, it isn't, at least in my neck of the woods. That sounds distinctly like Japanese, though there may be other languages that have also adopted these English words and then shortened them.
- No, JITB, it isn't, at least in my neck of the woods.
- That sounds distinctly like Japanese, though there may be other languages that have also adopted these English words and then shortened them.
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No, JITB, it isn't, at least in my neck of the woods. That sounds distinctly like Japanese, though there may be other languages that have also adopted these English words and then shortened them.
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Hi JTT
You know Japlish very well. How long have you learned Japanese?
paco
You know Japlish very well. How long have you learned Japanese?
paco
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Hi Paco,
Long enough to know that I don't know it very well at all.
Long enough to know that I don't know it very well at all.
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