yesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 23 days agoLiving languagelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square363fedilinkarrow-up1812arrow-down196
arrow-up1716arrow-down1external-linkLiving languagelemmy.worldyesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square363fedilink
minus-squaresylver_dragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 days 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.