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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

English isn't really a language. It's at least three languages in a trench coat.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    it's wild to think that we embed miniature copies of Greek and Latin into English, for doing science and medicine. not just words, I mean a functional grammar fully stocked with roots and morphemes. we just make words like "holographic," "isotope" and "synesthesia" (Greek), "accelerometer", "prefabricated" and "refrigerator" (Latin), or hybrids ("television", "microscope.")

    English is such a wonderful mutt of a language.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Fuck hybrids that mix greek and latin....

    The worst offender: Decathlon, Greek sports in a Greek event (Olympics) and they use DECA! /s

    Greetings from a Norwegian. (Some words of Norse origin, mostly those of pre Norman origin)

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