Deceptichum@quokk.au to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoguess I'll just play with my nutsquokk.auexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down127
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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agowhy is english like this… we just call it “shortening”.
minus-squareBassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWhy does a language have different words for different concepts?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoin my language we tend to use base words to broadly describe concepts, and combinations of words for more accuracy.
why is english like this… we just call it “shortening”.
Why does a language have different words for different concepts?
in my language we tend to use base words to broadly describe concepts, and combinations of words for more accuracy.