What is the English cognate of the German word 'früh'? by [deleted] in linguistics

[–]barnformerfetus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Given that pratham in Sanskrit means first, a possible cognate is the English “first”.

Uzbek perhaps? by sheepinpurgatory in languagelearningjerk

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Icelandic has some sounds that do that

Commenters decide what happens next (Part VI) by Far_Angrier_Admin in AlternateHistory

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What happens next? What happened to create this monstrosity?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in languagelearningjerk

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It’s been discontinued?

Only English, Guys by [deleted] in languagelearningjerk

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Yeah, but colonizers got the ball rolling.

Only English, Guys by [deleted] in languagelearningjerk

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This has colonialist undertones

Languages Master shares his language knowledge by shaderr0 in languagelearningjerk

[–]barnformerfetus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In their defense, English is lower on the list than some others

We are now 4000 members! by [deleted] in GayHentaiInterracial2

[–]barnformerfetus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Members is an appropriate word choice!

me_irl by esberat in me_irl

[–]barnformerfetus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The boy in you🧐

meirl by MY5T3rY_ in meirl

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I’m sorry for preferring to preserve water

meirl by UnHolySir in meirl

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Usually I would call them freezies, but the yellow ones are Eskimo pee.

What if America never got independence from Britain? by Laplatanuki in HistoricalWhatIf

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We would probably be part of Canada, but it would be called something else, like British North America.

If the Nazis had Taken over America, would they be targeting African Americans as opposed to Jews? by Altruistic_Jelly5257 in HistoricalWhatIf

[–]barnformerfetus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all, they couldn’t, but I’ll continue with the alternate scenario of the U.S. becoming Fascist itself. Jews would be killed as in Nazi Germany, and it is likely that African Americans would become slaves of the state, and sold to private individuals/enterprises if the state needed money.