yesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoLiving languagelemmy.worldimagemessage-square353fedilinkarrow-up1804arrow-down196
arrow-up1708arrow-down1imageLiving languagelemmy.worldyesman@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square353fedilink
minus-squaresylver_dragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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.