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Author Topic: Loanwords SPLIT FROM Vegetarian, Vegan, Gay  (Read 1287 times)

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Re: Loanwords SPLIT FROM Vegetarian, Vegan, Gay
« on: June 17, 2019, 10:44:35 am »
Almost. It's individual language usage.
Say your daughter used to call a pacifier "a lala". You remember this when going to the shop to buy one for your grandchild, and accidentally ask the shop assistant for a "lala". Then, when they look at you strangely, you can say "Sorry, idiolectal use!"  :D

It'll come in handy once I'm going gaga with age, I'm sure. Provided I can still remember it by then.