Darren O'Shaughnessy @ranking.software · Dec 30 5. cor anglais French: 'English horn' Not a horn; not English. Basicallly an oversized oboe. In turn, the English are alone in calling the true horn French, even though the orchestral 'French horn' was mostly developed in Germany (Waldhorn = forest horn)
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6. english U.S. English: 'English' This term for sidespin in cue sports is old enough to be used by Mark Twain, and appears to have originated in the U.S. after the English imported the games. However, the most likely etymology is via the French term 'anglé' (angled), a homophone for anglais