Comment on Why do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?

cabron_offsets@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a native speaker of a Slavic language, I hate that it works like this. It makes the language less expressive without providing any benefit.

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  • cabron_offsets@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Мне так не кажется

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  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Nem csináltam semmit!”

    Damn, it works in Hungarian too.

    Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.

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