Post #296397
2026-02-14 22:13 UTC
Replies (7)
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@molosovsky@literatur.social 2026-02-14 22:15
@debcha Sprache passiert!
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@MBEverding@mastodon.social 2026-02-14 23:29
@debcha lehn-wort. Lehnen means to lean against. So when one idea leans on the other it's basically a copy or further iteration of the other idea. No loans but sounds similar.
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@agowa338@chaos.social 2026-02-15 02:09
@debcha All languages do that. One of my favourite loan words in the English language is the word "Kindergarten". English didn't have one for that concept. It was introduced by (if I recall correctly) settlers and so they just named it what they used to call it in their origin language. And all others not having a word of their own just tried to read the word from the others and thereby changed the pronunciation ever so slightly. The longer ago it is the more the words change.
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@davidtheeviloverlord@mastodon.social 2026-02-15 04:16
@debcha *makes a note of the word "scrobbles" so I can use it more often in conversation*
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@maxalmonte14@indiehackers.social 2026-02-15 04:17
@debcha English is just French with extra steps.
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@stevenray@sfba.social 2026-02-15 00:10
@debcha@saturation.social we’re just a bunch of thieves.
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@cesium@cooltrans.men 2026-02-15 13:44
@debcha@saturation.social I thought about this earlier today, shaking my head and smiling