Danquebec

joined 2 years ago
[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a non-native English speaker I sometimes struggle with those words added after verbs: off, on, up, down, etc.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

What words come from Celtic languages? I thought it was all Germanic with Latin and French words being borrowed later.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a French-speaker, it has always been my instinctual understanding from seeing the word and knowing how English has taken words from Latin and French.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

English-speakers are really unlucky to have one of the most ambiguous word for situations where the need for clarity is of such great importance, especially as it concerns safety, even saving lives.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

This is so infuriating.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Vegans hate vegetarians? But they are vegetarians.