yesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 23 days agoLiving languagelemmy.worldimagemessage-square365fedilinkarrow-up1805arrow-down195
arrow-up1710arrow-down1imageLiving languagelemmy.worldyesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square365fedilink
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.