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Anon likes public humiliation (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Doesn't english just get that from being three languages in a trench coat?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

One of which is French, yes.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The one at the bottom who is supposed to just fucking walk but keeps threatening the stability of the whole thing by randomly blurting out nonsense.

In the dimly lit boudoir, she sat at her ornate bureau, perusing an array of gourmet hors d'oeuvres, contemplating which avant-garde piece from her repertoire to perform at the soirée, her silhouette an epitome of haute couture elegance. Meanwhile, her fiancé, a connoisseur of fine arts and a critic of the bourgeoisie's penchant for laissez-faire economics, prepared a detailed critique on the nuances of ballet and the je ne sais quoi of modern art installations, embodying the esprit de corps of their eclectic salon.

Statements dreamed by the utterly deranged.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

They have played us for absolute fools.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I detest that meme, but you made me snort.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's one of the few memes that I find genuine enjoyment in ha. Glad I could bring you a bit of joy, if even for a moment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Sweet, a win-win then!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

French was not supposed to be a real language

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." --James D. Nicoll

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

This reads like Pratchett. Love it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What’s so wild is that, as a native speaker, there are SO many rules and edge cases and exceptions…. And I know them by heart without ever being told them explicitly. First example that comes to mind is the whole order of adjectives…. We say big fluffy purple cat, never purple fluffy big cat.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I can't imagine trying to teach that or explain it in a way that would be satisfactory to someone learning English.

"I don't KNOW, its just how we do it!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If you can't have a satisfactory explanation then at least you could have an unsatisfactory one from Tom Scott, and that's the next best thing, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I know… wild.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lol! "what's a big-cat?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

There's small cat medium cat and big cat. Any cat clothes shop will tell you the same.