yesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 11 days agoLiving languagelemmy.worldimagemessage-square201linkfedilinkarrow-up1619
arrow-up1619imageLiving languagelemmy.worldyesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 11 days agomessage-square201linkfedilink
minus-squaresylver_dragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agoEnglish is what you get when a community can’t defend its borders and keeps being taken over by new rulers with a different language, which then works its way partly into common usage. Also, random word borrowing, because fuck you it’s ours now.
English is what you get when a community can’t defend its borders and keeps being taken over by new rulers with a different language, which then works its way partly into common usage. Also, random word borrowing, because fuck you it’s ours now.