yesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoLiving languageimagemessage-square365linkfedilinkarrow-up1809arrow-down196
arrow-up1713arrow-down1imageLiving languageyesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square365linkfedilink
minus-squaresylver_dragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 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.