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by jbay808 1988 days ago
The English word "cookie" is derived from Dutch "koekie".

If some Dutch people bring back Oreos as souvenirs from the US and call them "cookies" instead of "koekjes", are they adopting a cringeworthy faux-American accent? Making fun of how English butchers their language? Or just calling them the way Americans do, without any further judgement?

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Also see the term "barbecue". A good portion of words in any language have just been appropriated and mangled along the way.
Possibly, yes.