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minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoThat’s probably closer to the original latin than the current English butchery.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 months agoIt’s “kaos” in (“classic”) latin bcs it’s copypasta from Greek. wikipedia/Chaos.ogg
minus-squaredeath_to_carrots@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWait, what is the current English butchery? Non-native speaker here.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoOh, just in general. English is the cronenburg monster of languages and pronunciation. We will steal your words, pronounce them weirdly, use them wrongly, and claim they’ve always been ours.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoBehold, the original Kronenbourg monster.
That’s probably closer to the original latin than the current English butchery.
It’s “kaos” in (“classic”) latin bcs it’s copypasta from Greek.
wikipedia/Chaos.ogg
Wait, what is the current English butchery? Non-native speaker here.
Oh, just in general. English is the cronenburg monster of languages and pronunciation. We will steal your words, pronounce them weirdly, use them wrongly, and claim they’ve always been ours.
Behold, the original Kronenbourg monster.