callmepk@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 days agoNice clean shoeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageNice clean shoeslemmy.worldcallmepk@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 18 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareseSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days 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-up0·18 days agoFrench is technically a romance language but it is very different from the others.
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoWhat’s up with the +1 heart on this comment?
minus-squareHaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoThree languages in a trench coat
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-218 days 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-up0·18 days 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-up0·edit-218 days 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.