return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIreland's left-wing independent Catherine Connolly wins presidential electionwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1486arrow-down14
arrow-up1482arrow-down1external-linkIreland's left-wing independent Catherine Connolly wins presidential electionwww.cbsnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoBut it’s more of copying, isn’t it? The peoples that the British “take” words from still keep those words.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoEnglish is actually 3 proto-languages in a trenchcoat that hides in a back alley and shivs other languages when they walk by, then rummages around in their pockets for some spare words.
But it’s more of copying, isn’t it? The peoples that the British “take” words from still keep those words.
English is actually 3 proto-languages in a trenchcoat that hides in a back alley and shivs other languages when they walk by, then rummages around in their pockets for some spare words.