Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoJust Classicist Problemslemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1184arrow-down1imageJust Classicist Problemslemmy.worldWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com to History@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoLoan words are fun, your language either lacks a word for a concept or it’s very obscure so you just grab one from a neighboring culture. English has loads of them from French
minus-squaremathemachristian [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAt this point english is to french as swiss is to german.
Loan words are fun, your language either lacks a word for a concept or it’s very obscure so you just grab one from a neighboring culture. English has loads of them from French
At this point english is to french as swiss is to german.