PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Rough Roman Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoYOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOWlemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down14
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minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down4·4 days agoI mean… we also don’t speak Anglish, so I think the Romans got something.
minus-squareCyberTailor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoEnglish is still not a Romance language
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-23 days agoAlso, we still use Latin letters, even though they’re poorly suited for a language with >15 totally distinct vowels (17 in my specific dialect). And then we use them badly on top of that, but orthographic reform-jerking is another Lemmy community.
minus-squareOlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI’m interested. What community is that?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days ago!linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works maybe?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-23 days ago@PugJesus is correct.
minus-squareMelastSB@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoWhy is it written English though?
minus-squareLennny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoBarbarians found an island and decided ehhh what if just pub, misery and Crowns? That shall be life for Pjtjr
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoEnglish is a Germanic language, so this still tracks.
I mean… we also don’t speak Anglish, so I think the Romans got something.
English is still not a Romance language
Also, we still use Latin letters, even though they’re poorly suited for a language with >15 totally distinct vowels (17 in my specific dialect).
And then we use them badly on top of that, but orthographic reform-jerking is another Lemmy community.
I’m interested. What community is that?
!linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works maybe?
@PugJesus is correct.
Why is it written English though?
Barbarians found an island and decided ehhh what if just pub, misery and Crowns? That shall be life for Pjtjr
English is a Germanic language, so this still tracks.