Post #2440757
2023-10-03 11:56 UTC
@riley@toot.cat @oseiler@mastodon.nz
I'm not sure whether the first line is supposed to be a joke (since the second definitely is), but I looked it up and no, as it turns out 'merda' is not only an original Latin word, but it actually pre-dates Latin, already being present in proto-Italic.
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@riley@toot.cat 2023-10-03 12:03
@robrecht@kind.social Okay. @oseiler@mastodon.nz
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@float13@hackers.town 2023-10-03 13:34
@robrecht@kind.social @riley@toot.cat @oseiler@mastodon.nz Everyone poops... :awesome:
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@spacewizard@mas.to 2023-10-03 17:11
@robrecht@kind.social that's interesting, I would have thought it was late Latin too, just because it's so popular in the romance languages and in Latin itself I feel like I've seen things like "stercus" more. Interesting to learn that! @riley@toot.cat @oseiler@mastodon.nz