Wordwatch: Homage
“Homage” is French in origin, but it was naturalised in this country five hundred years ago. So why do many still feel the need to pretentiously “foreignise” it?
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“Homage” is French in origin, but it was naturalised in this country five hundred years ago. So why do many still feel the need to pretentiously “foreignise” it?
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