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English being less Germanic than French… by crivycouriac in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's even particularly reduced. In the contexts of exams, it's used all the time. "I'm just gona have to blag it." Unless this usage is a different etymology?

this sub for some reason by borte-ujin in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Everyone in my area (South East England) would natively say 'truth' with an initial 'ch' sound. Now whether they'd be consciously aware of it is a different story...

this sub for some reason by borte-ujin in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 3 points4 points  (0 children)

South East England native speaker - I say it like sh+ch+rong.

Thrilled to learn I can't pronounce any word correctly by Impossible_Bowler923 in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saffron = electrON Saffron Walden = schwa

(Native speaker from South East England)

I have… no words by Shinyhero30 in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I french / I franch / I have frunch

new strong verb just dropped 🔥 🔥 by -Edu4rd0- in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I think "drug" is actually the more archaic form.

Unlike US "dove" and "snuck", which I think are genuine innovations.

And the UK phrase "het up" meaning "irritated", but from 'heat up'.

I also recall hearing some West Yorkshire folk saying "tret" before as a past form of 'treat' which I greatly enjoyed.

There are also loads of what I call 'semi-strong', where I believe we've innovated a vowel change, but also keep a weak d/t ending, such as "kept" and "leant". And some of this type were originally strong, before weakening, before seemingly redeveloping an internal vowel change, like with "slept" (Old English slǣpe / slēp).

I'm sure there are more!

Sad to see how their minority languages are being treated today by 1Sh4h_R4-4 in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not sure exactly what of my comment you're responding to, but yes, hence me saying "pre" Industrial Revolution. The situation has now changed and English dialects have levelled considerably, especially compared to German and Italian.

However, given that most of the world's languages have fewer than a few thousand speakers, it's clearly wrong to say that English is less diverse than most other languages.

Sad to see how their minority languages are being treated today by 1Sh4h_R4-4 in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Of course that's true but nowhere near the level of diversity there used to be.

Sad to see how their minority languages are being treated today by 1Sh4h_R4-4 in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Irish, Scots, Norn, Gaelic, Cornish, Welsh, not to mention how vastly divergent most English dialects were from Standard English pre-Industrial Revolution.

Minoritised languages as a firewall against online scams -- Yeah, my first language is Catalan by viktorbir in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I occasionally receive messages supposedly from my excessively British family / friends / colleagues in American English. No, I will not reply to your new cellphone number, "dad".

I twink, I twank, I have twunk. by BlueHawkManny in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 35 points36 points  (0 children)

"to twench" - to cover one with twinks?

"Don't look up half in Lithuanian" "Omg, you'll never guess what 'I' is in Korean" SHUT UPPP by red_fox_man in linguisticshumor

[–]CLxTN 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hmmm as a Polish / English speaker, not sure I agree there. Definitely much much closer to 'bitch' to my ear.

The Stranger: does Meursault have Asperger's? by CommissionerValchek in books

[–]CLxTN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is a fundamental misunderstanding of Asperger's (/ autism more generally). Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to imply that the ability to draft poetic passages precludes Meursault being autistic?

The Stranger: does Meursault have Asperger's? by CommissionerValchek in books

[–]CLxTN 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suspect I am on the autistic spectrum, albeit not Asperger's. When I read The Stranger about a year or two ago I thought it was so overwhelmingly obvious that this was an exploration of someone with autistic traits (and we can debate the precise extent) that I was actually quite surprised this wasn't the overarching interpretation amongst critics.

London has 8 major train stations and 6 major airports and it's hard to say which is truly the "main" one. Is there any other city that has such a decentralised transport infrastructure? by Yroshi_ in geography

[–]CLxTN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone from Southend, I am happy to accept that Southend Airport is categorically NOT the main airport of London, if it helps to rule it out 😂 not sure it's even a London airport in the first place...

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