When learning German one of the fun things you come across are strange sounding compound words. One of my favorites that has graced the pages of my blog before is Handshuhe which translates directly to Hand Shoe (a.k.a. Glove).
The other day I was speaking English, as I often do and came across an English compound word that I am sure has the same kind of strange sound to non-native speakers. Headphones. If you think about this the word headphones is not really descriptive as its pure components. Headphones are made up of neither a head nor a phone.
For all those non-native speakers, or speakers of Globish, I would like to suggest a more descriptive and accurate word. Earspeakers.
If you aren’t familiar with Globish maybe you are familiar with Esperanto. Globish is the new Esperanto. Here is a short video to give you some amusing background on the world’s next global language.
So what are your favorite foreign words? Leave a comment.