Deceptichum@quokk.au to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoguess I'll just play with my nutsquokk.auexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down128
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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agowhy is english like this… we just call it “shortening”.
minus-squareBassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWhy does a language have different words for different concepts?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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.