XPost: sci.lang, alt.usage.english
"Focloir" always sounds to me as if it should mean "folklore", but of
course it doesn't.
Coincidence:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foclóir
my fav example is Anekdota -- Russians think that
in English [Anecdote] means.......
and how Germans (when speaking English) use the English word
[Citation] to mean......
Anekdota ==
Unpublished or Secret Stories: This is the original
meaning derived from Greek. "Anekdota" comes from the Greek words "a-"
meaning "not" and "ekdidonai" meaning "to publish."
So literally, it translates to "unpublished."
Historically, it referred to secret or private stories, often critical
or scandalous, that weren't meant to be made public.
In Russian, "Anekdota" ( анекдот ) means......
and they got it via French.
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