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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I believe the switch from understand to overstand has to do with feelings of sovereignty and not being “under” someone.

This is what I was trying to describe and it’s just linguistic hullabaloo. The word “understand” has absolutely nothing to do with literally standing under anything/one. It simply means to comprehend. This under/overstand distinction is borne out of ignorance and nothing more.