Any culture that is directly influenced or, has been influenced by another will use words

For example, speak to anybody native to these countries, it'll come through in a big way:

American English <> Spanish (Mexico)
American English <> Tagalog (Philippines)
English (both UK & American) <> Cantonese (S.China)

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
Most language have “Loan words”

Korean is about 10-15% English words spoken using the Korean alphabet. Doesn’t always sound the same but usually you would be able to tell.

Very similar situation with Japanese. I've seen that percentage as high as 18% non-Asian loan words (won't even include Chinese, as the entire writing system is borrowed from Chinese). They even use a different writing system for borrowed words (katakana). There's sometimes talk to stop using so many foreign words. Note that katakana words are often pronounced differently, and very frequently a shortened version of the original words.

Kkina,

The % definitely increases with the influence of western culture on East Asia.

Automobike is a Korean word taken from German which came from English.

Battery is taken from Japanese who took it from English.

We may have gotten a portion of both from Latin or French so it’s a whole evolution of words that rarely is taken from English as most Americans suspect, as we took almost all of ours from somewhere.

PHPaul - Being from Maine, you must have some Canucks in your area. Ever listen to how they have a conversation? I'm American (born here) with a Canuck descent, and, while growing up, my first language was Canadian French (CF). We generally spoke the language, but if we couldn't think of the CF word, we just substituted the correct English word.

It was a hoot to listen to the elder's conversations where they went from CF to english without skipping a beat!

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Originally posted by Jupiter:
When Covid hit, many of these Indian employees worked from home. The background noise went to the next level.

Yep, babies crying, birds and other animals making noise outside the open window, you name it. But for some reason there is always one or two that cannot "ride the mute button".

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Originally posted by Lefty Sig:

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Originally posted by Jupiter:
When Covid hit, many of these Indian employees worked from home. The background noise went to the next level.

Yep, babies crying, birds and other animals making noise outside the open window, you name it. But for some reason there is always one or two that cannot "ride the mute button".

LOL....Yep.
The Chennai folks were a smart creative bunch. They would find any holes in the software/process and bypass if it suited their needs. It made for some interesting conference calls.
You had to lock everything down tight as a drum.

Sorry for the thread drift, PHPaul.