callmepk@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agoNice clean shoeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down17
arrow-up1345arrow-down1imageNice clean shoeslemmy.worldcallmepk@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareseSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoTo be pedantic that’s not grammar but orthography (which in English is even weirder). English is just a mutant amalgamation of Germanic, Romance and Celtic languages and man, it shows.
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoFrench is technically a romance language but it is very different from the others.
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoWhat’s up with the +1 heart on this comment?
minus-squareHaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoThree languages in a trench coat
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoMashing together all the languages into a Frankenstein form of communication is English grammar. It has nothing to do with birds!
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoExcept for the reason why we have different words for ‘chicken’ while it’s alive, and ‘poultry’ after it’s been slaughtered.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months agoThere’s very little Celtic in modern English. Old Germanic, Latin, and French (which is derived from Latin) are the biggest contributors.
To be pedantic that’s not grammar but orthography (which in English is even weirder). English is just a mutant amalgamation of Germanic, Romance and Celtic languages and man, it shows.
Don’t forget French.
French is technically a romance language but it is very different from the others.
What’s up with the +1 heart on this comment?
Extra life
Are you on Jerboa by any chance?
Three languages in a trench coat
Mashing together all the languages into a Frankenstein form of communication is English grammar. It has nothing to do with birds!
Except for the reason why we have different words for ‘chicken’ while it’s alive, and ‘poultry’ after it’s been slaughtered.
There’s very little Celtic in modern English. Old Germanic, Latin, and French (which is derived from Latin) are the biggest contributors.