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Why would I call it an umbrella when I can call it a parapluie? [I Love Languages]

English is so boring sometimes!

Also, "Scheiße!" is so much more fun to say than "Shit!"
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Umbrella comes from Latin Ombra which means 'shade'. English is probably the most logically correct language unlike some other European languages which even have nonsense genders attached to every noun with no logic behind.