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Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
16·1 month agoI would rather turn Mexico into the next California, than turn California into just a bigger-sized Mexico.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
18·1 month agoRemoved by mod
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
314·1 month agoif the United States speaks Spanish instead of American English, it would certainly not have developed into the country it is today.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
110·1 month agomiser is not the same as “greedy old penny-pincher”
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
110·1 month agoRemoved by mod
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
218·1 month agowhen and how did “Mexico” become a derogatory word in California?
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
110·1 month agojust because ‘the definition for miser somehow, and some when, changed from “grumpy person who lives in the past”, to “someone stingy over money and is cheapskate”’ is not mentioned elsewhere, does not make it false.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
115·1 month agomiser does not mean someone who is a cheapskate, it means a “grumpy person who prefers living in the past”
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
110·1 month agothe definition for miser somehow, and some when, changed from “grumpy person who lives in the past”, to “someone stingy over money and is cheapskate”.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
112·1 month agocite a dictionary from before 2016, instead, that’s not online
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
112·1 month ago“Miser is a grumpy person who lives in the past, instead of the present”, was the definition people used in the US before 2016.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
117·1 month ago“Miser is a grumpy person who lives in the past, instead of the present”, was the definition people used in the US before 2016.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
19·1 month agoit feels like the English language has become simpler in vocabulary, like Chinese language, since 2017
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
110·1 month ago“Miser is a grumpy person who lives in the past, instead of the present”, was the definition people used in the US before 2016.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
115·1 month agowhat makes you think I’m baiting? I recommend you learning German or Japanese languages, or even Modern Hebrew (compared to Hebrew from the Roman era), rather than Chinese language.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
115·1 month agoit feels like the English language has become simpler in vocabulary, like Chinese language, since 2017
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
117·1 month agojust because there is no equivalent word for miser in the Chinese language, as someone who infatuates over the past and grumpy about the present, doesn’t mean the word does not exist in the English language.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•Ubisoft was an American company, with the name standing for Uber Software, where Uber means super in online English. The reason it's not named Ubersoft is because Ubisoft flows-off-the-tongue betterEnglish
23·1 month agoIt’s Ooo be Soft, not You beh Soft :D


“we ought to be driving flying cars by now” :D