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Benedict Arnold

"Ooh-la-la!" looks a French exclamation used in English. Can you give examples from German, Italian, Spanish or any other world language?

Posted - October 31, 2016
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  • 17261
    Gesundheit!

      November 1, 2016 2:35 AM MDT
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  • If you were with me in Bombay right now, Ah ... ah ... choo!, you would be saying it every Ah ... ah ... choo! half-minute. 
      November 1, 2016 3:13 AM MDT
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  • 17261
    Gesundheit! Btw, it's from the German. :-)
      November 1, 2016 4:34 AM MDT
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  • Thanks. I'm aware.
      November 1, 2016 7:26 AM MDT
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  • 17261
    Their might be others in the audience who isn't. Anyway, now it's out should anyone be in doubt. :-)
      November 1, 2016 8:46 AM MDT
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  • Robot has Czech roots.  The word was first used in a Czech play and was coined from the word robota which in slight variations in Slavic languages  basically means "work".  Specifically labor owed by a peasant to  his lord.
      November 1, 2016 5:38 AM MDT
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