Comment on Nice clean shoes

• seSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM@feddit.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To be pedantic that’s not grammar but orthography (which in English is even weirder). English is just a mutant amalgamation of Germanic, Romance and Celtic languages and man, it shows.

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  • HaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Three languages in a trench coat

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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There’s very little Celtic in modern English. Germanic, Latin, and French (which is derived from Latin) are the biggest contributors.

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  • puppy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t forget French.

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    • Soup@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      French is technically a romance language but it is very different from the others.

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    • stoicmaverick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What’s up with the +1 heart on this comment?

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      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Extra life

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      • puppy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Are you on Jerboa by any chance?

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  • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mashing together all the languages into a Frankenstein form of communication is English grammar.

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    • stoicmaverick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Except for the reason why we have different words for ‘chicken’ while it’s alive, and ‘poultry’ after it’s been slaughtered.

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