International Words

Groups working on international words suggests the following for consideration.
	information
	production
	television
	PC
	computer

1)	Survivors from the second round of inquiry - i.e. words that
have not yet been 'disqualified' as possible international words:

	alleluia
	bikini 
	chocolate
	cocoa
	coffee
	curry
 	czar/tsar
 	golf
	jazz
	mama
	papa
 	shock
	yoga

Possible 'international word' candidates (that pass the Chinese test):

	alleluia		-- Hallelujah
	bikini
	card
	[the chemical elements]
	chocolate
	cocoa
	curry
	czar/tsar
	golf
	jazz
	ninja
	OK
	sauna
	shock
	T-shirt
	yoga

"Words below follow lists of possible candidates for international words,
along with others that failed either the Chinese or another language
test, based on the responses I received." 
	alcohol
	allergy
	automobile
	banana
	calculator [second]
	catastrophe
	chess
	class [social]
	climate
	cocktail
	coffee * (see note below)
	computer
	democracy
	detective
	diskette
	elephant
	fax
	football
	garage
	gas
	gay
	hygiene
	jeans
	jogging
	kangaroo
	karate
	mama (Japanese _haha_)
	mass
	metal
	microphone
	muesli (sort of  breakfast cereal)
	music
	organisation
	papa (Japanese _chichi_)
	planet
	radio
	rendez-vous, revdezvous
	rock (music)
	sex appeal
	striptease
	sugar
	symbol
	taxi
	tea **
	television
	telephone
	theater
	tiger
	train
	tunnel - [second]
	video
	violin
	xerox
	zoom (lens)

http://www.ling.su.se/staff/hartmut/intervok.htm
Project director : Hartmut Traunmüller, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University.

 igloo , alcove

Examples are: 
allegro, aria, imbroglio 		from Italian; 
cargo, matador, rancho 		from Spanish; 
bouquet, bureau, chassis 		from French; 
budget, interview, reporter, standard 	from English; 
hinterland, kirschwasser, landwehr 	from German.