Post #1414690
2026-03-31 14:30 UTC
The English did the same to Indigenous languages throughout North America, too.
It's weird that they're so concerned with the purity of their language when it is itself a hybrid of several others, and has evolved a lot over the years.
@stancarey @bodhipaksa
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@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot 2026-03-31 14:41
@hamishb It's worth remembering that it's the Irish and the Scots who are doing this to themselves. Colonized or formerly colonized people who believe the colonizers provide the norm for language and behavior are just as hard on their own people as any colonial master would be. Often worse. BTW, @stancarey "amn't" is common in Scotland as well. https://martin-millar.blogspot.com/2010/09/scottish-usage-amnt.html