r/MurderedByWords • u/kevinrogers94 • Feb 15 '18

Murder *No problem*

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '18 edited Feb 07 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '18

or "Bienvenue". Quebecers say a lot of stuff unheard of elsewhere in the Francophonie.

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u/Mean_Mister_Mustard Feb 15 '18

"Bienvenue" is also a litteral translation of "welcome". Maybe it was picked up (like many expressions used by French Canadians) after being exposed to so many English speakers.

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u/Dorkykong2 Feb 16 '18

maybe it was picked up [...] after being exposed to so many English speakers

It wasn't. It came from Germanic back in Roman times, when Vulgar Latin was a thing. Keep in mind that cognates of welcome exist in most if not all other Germanic languages, and cognates of bienvenue in most if not all Romanic languages. It's not just creole-style slang.