• Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    15 hours ago

    I kind of like how it’s ever changing and evolving, I know that sours some people’s pickles but I think it’s neat. I like how it incorporates and is built on so many other languages. I enjoyed reading a short story posted here a while ago that progressively walked backwards in time as a language and it was really neat to me. I’m an idiot though so most other languages probably do this also.

    • Bluewing@lemmy.world
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      15 minutes ago

      American English has never be bashful about filing the serial numbers off a word and then claiming it as our own. It can lead, (lead/lead/led?) to confusion even among us native speakers. At least until we sort it out.

      Personally I blame the French, (for no reason other than I can), for all the ills in the English language.