Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Lost in translation

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Lost in translation

Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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My favourite examples of English rigidity are adjectival hierarchy and ablaut reduplication. Very few native English speakers realise they apply either of these rules and yet they are applied almost without exception.

Microblog Memes@lemmy.world

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Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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