deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1133arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square164linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFluke@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoThat’s because English isn’t a language, it’s three other languages in a trenchcoat, stealing stuff from every other language.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoCeltic, western Germanic (Angles, Saxons, Frisian), Latin, northern Germanic (Danish, Norse), and in 1066 finally French (which is a mixing bowl in its own right). The trenchcoat is way more crowded than you think.
That’s because English isn’t a language, it’s three other languages in a trenchcoat, stealing stuff from every other language.
Celtic, western Germanic (Angles, Saxons, Frisian), Latin, northern Germanic (Danish, Norse), and in 1066 finally French (which is a mixing bowl in its own right). The trenchcoat is way more crowded than you think.