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minus-squareSmuuthbrane@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoBingo. English is the drunken bully of languages, stealing words and claiming them as its own.
minus-squaremienshao@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoNope—that’s how all language work. Like go study Japanese and see how many words they “stole” from English 🤣 And linguistic purism is generally associated with nationalism. See the GOP’s recent English-only policies as an example. No bueno. Languages mixing and ‘stealing’ from each other is a good thing. One human race. ✌️
minus-squareSmuuthbrane@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoYou’re not wrong at all. My favourite Japanese word is “gu-rey-pu-fu-root-su” for grapefruit. Like, bro, copy off me but don’t make it look like you’re copying. 😂
Which is…?
English is stupid…
Bingo.
English is the drunken bully of languages, stealing words and claiming them as its own.
Nope—that’s how all language work. Like go study Japanese and see how many words they “stole” from English 🤣
And linguistic purism is generally associated with nationalism. See the GOP’s recent English-only policies as an example. No bueno.
Languages mixing and ‘stealing’ from each other is a good thing. One human race. ✌️
You’re not wrong at all. My favourite Japanese word is “gu-rey-pu-fu-root-su” for grapefruit. Like, bro, copy off me but don’t make it look like you’re copying. 😂