English makes so much sense.

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    English makes perfect sense—it’s all the other languages we keep stealing words from who can’t agree on a common spelling system.

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      2 months ago

      As a Norwegian, I am fully aware that my ancestors helped created the English language by first invading the welsh isles, and then, three generations after invading the Francs, we invaded the isles again with romance speaking nobility for generations.

      English is a Nordic made Francish/Welsh/Germanic creole that was made popular by the still Norwegian blooded crown.

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      2 months ago

      I used to pronounce it “sk”, but in my new job, working with schedules with a Londoner, it is now “sh” for me. Undoing the US-ification of my English one word at a time.

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      1 month ago

      That is like the linguistic version of drive through banking. No one gains from over simplifying something to such extremes.

      It just makes it simple. Like available for the special need people kind of simple.

      But then again, you guys made the word “literal” mean “figuratively”, so there is some schooling potential. Some.

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        1 month ago

        Yeah you’re right it’s really important to use “der” for Apfel because Äpfel are men or something lmao

        Don’t you dare misgender that pencil lmao his pronouns are he/him