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Yes, there are many French originated words in the English language, most of which I have to spell check, because I'm constantly misspelling them. laugh faux pas, rendezvous, derrière. Of course, this means nothing, because I often misspell words in English as well. blush
Fiance and fiancee are the ones that comes to my mind the fastest. They also are among the few that are generally differentiated by gender in the French manner.

Intellectual historians love to use French terms for all sources of things. At times I think it gets excessive.


John Pack Lambert