PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Rough Roman Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoYOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOWlemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down14
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minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down4·24 days agoI mean… we also don’t speak Anglish, so I think the Romans got something.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-224 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-up3·24 days agoI’m interested. What community is that?
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days ago!linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works maybe?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-224 days ago@PugJesus is correct.
minus-squareCyberTailor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·23 days agoEnglish is still not a Romance language
minus-squareMelastSB@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoWhy is it written English though?
minus-squareLennny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·24 days agoBarbarians found an island and decided ehhh what if just pub, misery and Crowns? That shall be life for Pjtjr
minus-squarestate_electricianlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·23 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.
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.
English is still not a Romance language
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.