callmepk@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoNice clean shoeslemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down15
arrow-up1207arrow-down1imageNice clean shoeslemmy.worldcallmepk@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareseSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoTo be pedantic that’s not grammar but orthography (which in English is even weirder). English is just a mutant amalgamation of Germanic, Romance and Celtic languages and man, it shows.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoMashing together all the languages into a Frankenstein form of communication is English grammar. It has nothing to do with birds!
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoExcept for the reason why we have different words for ‘chicken’ while it’s alive, and ‘poultry’ after it’s been slaughtered.
minus-squareHaveYouPaidYourDues@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThree languages in a trench coat
To be pedantic that’s not grammar but orthography (which in English is even weirder). English is just a mutant amalgamation of Germanic, Romance and Celtic languages and man, it shows.
Mashing together all the languages into a Frankenstein form of communication is English grammar. It has nothing to do with birds!
Except for the reason why we have different words for ‘chicken’ while it’s alive, and ‘poultry’ after it’s been slaughtered.
Three languages in a trench coat