>> Ha ha.... image and interface are of latin origin and came into english
>> through the french language. So the paradox is that some pedants here get
>> up in arms about the french adopting english words without thinking that
>> every second one was originally filched by the english from the french... >
> Mike,
> I don't disagree with your larger point, but just because interface is
> constructed from Latin roots doesn't mean it entered English from French.
> Unlike the example of image, which has a true Latin origin and was
> introduced into the English language by the Normans, interface is a
> neologism, dating back to the 1960s (according to my sources) in English
> and almost certainly appearing in French as a loan word from English. It's
> not as egregious as "le weekend" to be sure, but still a valid example.
Or "les plastic bags" as I heard the checkout girl say in a French supermarket. Graham