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Those of you living in the diaspora who speak the language of your people have you come across words that were taken from the new language and incorporated into your native language? English examples:
Italian
- Carro (from car) - Macchina, Auto
Serbo-Croatian
- Praktisiranje (From practise) - V(j)ežbanje I'm not sure if this one came form the diaspora or from native speakers in ex-Yugoslavia.
Russian
- Хайлайфист (Xajlajfist) (From high-lifer; someone who lives and extravagant lifestyle) - Not sure of the Russian equivalent.
- Крезанутый (Krezanutyj) (From crazy) - Сумасшедший (Sumasšedšij), Безумный (Bezumnyj)
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