c/roughromanmemes · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1yYOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW 384 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world
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chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
I mean... we also don't speak Anglish, so I think the Romans got something.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 1y
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.
OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I'm interested. What community is that?
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
!linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works maybe?
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
@PugJesus is correct.
CyberTailor@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
English is still not a Romance language
MelastSB@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
Why is it written English though?
Lennny@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Barbarians found an island and decided ehhh what if just pub, misery and Crowns? That shall be life for Pjtjr
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
English is a Germanic language, so this still tracks.
negativenull@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
This one made me LOL. Thanks a lot Pug