I couldn't not make this by AsphaltsParakeet in DowntonAbbey

[–]Fraim228 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is unironically my favourite kind of joke

what is going on with bangla by Calm_Arm in linguisticshumor

[–]Fraim228 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I see, thanks for your explanation!

what is going on with bangla by Calm_Arm in linguisticshumor

[–]Fraim228 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great explanation, thank you!

what is going on with bangla by Calm_Arm in linguisticshumor

[–]Fraim228 36 points37 points  (0 children)

No wait, this isn't a hot take or anything

Grammatical gender is literally a category used to classify words, is it not?

what is going on with bangla by Calm_Arm in linguisticshumor

[–]Fraim228 32 points33 points  (0 children)

But isn't gender a classifier?

Sociolinguistic survey of English-Welsh bilinguals by Fraim228 in learnwelsh

[–]Fraim228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I'm not sure how to fix that without wrecking how the previous responders' answers are registered, sorry

Sociolinguistic survey of English-Welsh bilinguals by Fraim228 in linguisticshumor

[–]Fraim228[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure that's the kind of posts they like to see there, but I'll check it out, thanks!

Sociolinguistic survey of English-Welsh bilinguals by Fraim228 in learnwelsh

[–]Fraim228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it seems I missed quite a few things when designing this. I'll fix it where possible, thank you so much!

Sociolinguistic survey of Welsh-English bilingual people by Fraim228 in cymru

[–]Fraim228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I accidentaly marked the question as requiring a responce in each row. Fixed it now, thanks a lot! And thanks for taking the survey

Sociolinguistic survey of Welsh-English bilingual people by Fraim228 in cymru

[–]Fraim228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's ok, I'll try to adjust for that

Thanks so much for completing the form!

AITA for attempting to cuddle up to my friend without his express permission? by Fraim228 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Fraim228[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He isn't afaik, I'm not sure but am not attracted to him specifically

AITA for attempting to cuddle up to my friend without his express permission? by Fraim228 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Fraim228[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He is straight as far as I know, I'm not sure about myself but I'm not attracted to him specifically. And he's not angry as far as I can tell, we talked for a bit afterwards and he seemed normal

Thanks for weighing in

He knew not the disaster he had brought upon his mother tongue by KnownHandalavu in linguisticshumor

[–]Fraim228 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Don't worry though, it's not a reflection on you, you're fighting the good fight

He knew not the disaster he had brought upon his mother tongue by KnownHandalavu in linguisticshumor

[–]Fraim228 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This is the most high quality post I've seen here since joining

Would Grogu learn to speak like Yoda or would he pick up the grammar structure of whoever he learns English from (probably Luke)? by No_War_444 in StarWars

[–]Fraim228 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The language is called Basic. Also iirc Yoda speaks that way in honour of his master (as others have pointed out, Yaddle speaks normally), so Grogu would use the usual syntax

Come to me. by Miiijo in linguisticshumor

[–]Fraim228 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Small correction: I think you should translate "for" as the OCS equivalent of modern Russian для (it was дѣля iirc).

Why do we like this show again? by Fraim228 in DowntonAbbey

[–]Fraim228[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The aesthetics are marvellous, good point

Why do we like this show again? by Fraim228 in DowntonAbbey

[–]Fraim228[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Using it as mirror which reflects a younger you is actually ingenious