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18/08/19

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Originally posted by pintohoo ↑

"donate cigarettes to the lone feringhi"

thanks for the new word -- when I saw it I thought it might derive from the same as 'ferang' in Asia -- but, it's possibly totally different --

Ferang came from when the Asians couldn't prononce 'Francais'

possibly some similarity for the Arabs because the French have been bombing around there for ages as well ------------- but, I cannot see the history of it

??

do you know the history of the word?

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Words often sound similar when taken from another language - i assume “ferenghi” is “foreigner” or similar

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