Comment on Czechs welcome
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I lived to Brno for close to two years. Didn’t see a single cheque/check while there. I think they’re mutually exclusive with Czechs.
Comment on Czechs welcome
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I lived to Brno for close to two years. Didn’t see a single cheque/check while there. I think they’re mutually exclusive with Czechs.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
The Germans have a word for this: Homophonieflucht (flight of homophones). It means that when you have two words that sound the same, one will eventually be avoided to prevent misunderstandings. One example I have in mind is that the German word Strauß means ostrich and it used to also had the now archaic meaning of “fight” I only heard of in this historical linguistics class. It doesn’t mean fight anymore to avoid misunderstandings.
I wasn’t aware of the social implications this effect can have tho.