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Should teenagers vape?
Teenagers below 18
π Leading: Should not (67%)π₯ They can if they want to (33%)π π¨π³ China, ππ° Hong Kong, π³π΄ Norway
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If they're in competition, then it's not a wise choice to vape. The lower strength devices and regular nicotine products are a million times
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View original The latest studies have indicated that it is not safe for anyone to vape. There is no regulation on the chemicals used in the vape liquids
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View original The most-used foreign words and phrases in English β which one crossed over best?
English has quietly borrowed from everywhere β a Chinese greeting from a kids' show, a Spanish farewell from an action movie, a Sanskrit greeting from yoga class, a Japanese word for singing badly into a microphone. Which loanword do you think earned its spot in everyday English the most?
π Leading: "Ni hao" (δ½ ε₯½) β hello, from Nickelodeon to everyday use
Ni hao is Mandarin Chinese for "hello," and for a lot of American kids it entered the vocabulary through Nickelodeon's "Ni Hao, Kai-lan" (2008-2011), a preschool show that taught a new Mandarin word or phrase every episode alongside its title greeting. The show ran for three seasons and became one of the more visible attempts by US children's TV to introduce Mandarin into everyday speech, well before "learn Mandarin" apps and immersion schools became mainstream. Decades later, plenty of millennials and Gen Z kids who grew up on Nickelodeon still reflexively know "ni hao" as their first Chinese phrase, even if they never took a language class. (25%)π₯ "Hasta la vista, baby" β a Spanish goodbye turned action-movie catchphrase
"Hasta la vista" is just ordinary Spanish for "see you later," the kind of casual goodbye millions of Spanish speakers use every day. But when Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 delivered "Hasta la vista, baby" before blowing up a cyborg in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the phrase exploded into English pop culture as a tough-guy exit line. It's been quoted, parodied, and referenced in everything from sitcoms to sports commentary ever since, arguably doing more to spread the phrase into English than any Spanish class ever did β even though most people who say it have no idea it just means "see you later." (25%)π₯ "Namaste" β a yoga-class staple with Sanskrit roots
Namaste is a Sanskrit/Hindi greeting roughly meaning "I bow to you," traditionally said with hands pressed together at the chest. It became a fixture of English vocabulary as yoga spread through the West starting in the 1960s and 70s, with instructors closing nearly every class with the word and gesture. It got an unexpected second wave of attention in 2020, when world leaders β including Donald Trump, Narendra Modi, and Prince Charles β started greeting each other with a namaste-style bow instead of handshakes during COVID-19, turning a yoga-studio sign-off into a moment of actual diplomatic protocol. (25%)π π¨π³ China
Ni hao is Mandarin Chinese for "hello," and for a lot of American kids it entered the vocabulary through Nickelodeon's "Ni Hao, Kai-lan" (2008-2011), a preschool show that taught a new Mandarin word or phrase every episode alongside its title greeting. The show ran for three seasons and became one of the more visible attempts by US children's TV to introduce Mandarin into everyday speech, well before "learn Mandarin" apps and immersion schools became mainstream. Decades later, plenty of millennials and Gen Z kids who grew up on Nickelodeon still reflexively know "ni hao" as their first Chinese phrase, even if they never took a language class. (25%)π₯ "Hasta la vista, baby" β a Spanish goodbye turned action-movie catchphrase
"Hasta la vista" is just ordinary Spanish for "see you later," the kind of casual goodbye millions of Spanish speakers use every day. But when Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 delivered "Hasta la vista, baby" before blowing up a cyborg in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the phrase exploded into English pop culture as a tough-guy exit line. It's been quoted, parodied, and referenced in everything from sitcoms to sports commentary ever since, arguably doing more to spread the phrase into English than any Spanish class ever did β even though most people who say it have no idea it just means "see you later." (25%)π₯ "Namaste" β a yoga-class staple with Sanskrit roots
Namaste is a Sanskrit/Hindi greeting roughly meaning "I bow to you," traditionally said with hands pressed together at the chest. It became a fixture of English vocabulary as yoga spread through the West starting in the 1960s and 70s, with instructors closing nearly every class with the word and gesture. It got an unexpected second wave of attention in 2020, when world leaders β including Donald Trump, Narendra Modi, and Prince Charles β started greeting each other with a namaste-style bow instead of handshakes during COVID-19, turning a yoga-studio sign-off into a moment of actual diplomatic protocol. (25%)π π¨π³ China
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Why are foreign phrases used in English (like dΓ©jΓ vu)? For example, "dΓ©jΓ vu" (French for "already seen") describes a specific psychological phenomenon that doesn't have a direct English counterpart. This is particularly true for terms from languages that have rich vocabulari...
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View original Why are foreign phrases, for example "raison d'Γͺtre", used rather than their English translations? Why some phrases like raison d'Γͺtre continue to be used in their original French form (rather than in an anglicized form or as a translation) can be traced to their typical users...
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