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Cheeky nandos (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep. We're 50 countries in a trench coat. We have about a dozen dialects, many occasionally incomprehensible to others. My favorite example of this is "finnabouttabe."

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

The English language itself is like nine languages in a trench coat. It's mainly German/Dutch & French, with some sprinkling of Latin and various other romantic languages.