>Hi Jean,
>
>>>>What? you're telling a dutchman what a word is in his own language? Yes, I know yours is practically identical but surely tainted with the admixture of a 3-language society (French Canadian differs on many points with classic French, just as US English differs from English).
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>>>Well the word beignets is not really a dutch word, but a french one.
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>>Really ? It is..
>>http://www.vandale.nl/opzoeken/woordenboek/?zoekwoord=beignet
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>Well, it is in van dale, but that does not mean it is an original dutch word. AFAIK, but you can correct me if I'm wrong, it is of french origin.
>
>Walter,

Sure it is..but hey if we had to remove all 'foreign' words from our language...LOL the English would loose at least half of their vocabulary.

Jean-Marie