contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoA cool guide to the Latin your supervisor uses…i.redd.itimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1131arrow-down1imageA cool guide to the Latin your supervisor uses…i.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down5·2 months agowhen i say e.g. I’m actually abbreviating “example given”
minus-squareLyre@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·2 months agoThats the cool thing about language that people dont really seem to understand. Meaning is defined by what we collectively believe, not latin origins.
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe meme isn’t about what any schmuck thinks it means. Oh, I’m sorry, the COOL GUIDE.
minus-squareStereoTrespasser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoNo, it’s not what you believe. It’s what it is, and it is Latin.
when i say e.g. I’m actually abbreviating “example given”
Thats the cool thing about language that people dont really seem to understand. Meaning is defined by what we collectively believe, not latin origins.
The meme isn’t about what any schmuck thinks it means. Oh, I’m sorry, the COOL GUIDE.
No, it’s not what you believe. It’s what it is, and it is Latin.