yesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 months agoLiving languagelemmy.worldimagemessage-square359linkfedilinkarrow-up1810
arrow-up1810imageLiving languagelemmy.worldyesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square359linkfedilink
minus-squaresylver_dragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months 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.