cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25626225
I know no other languages, so i guess Im just gonna have to roll with it.
English is a strange language.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25626225
I know no other languages, so i guess Im just gonna have to roll with it.
9 Comments
silverchase@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
"loanword" is a calque and "calque" is a loanword.
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Cor anglais is usually said in French. French horn is usually said in English.
LeftRedditOnJul1@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autological_word
criitz@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 1y
I guess these examples would be heterological.
Ellvix@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
A community for linguistics humor? Holy shit I'm in.
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
ultrahamster64@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Can someone please explain the joke. I already saw this like two times and still can't figure it out
Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
A word is hyphenated if it is written with a hyphen, i.e. '-'. So the joke is the word hypenated is not hyphenated, so non-hyphenated, while the word non-hyphenated is hyphenated.
ultrahamster64@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Damn i should've just googled the translation correctly lol. Thank you so much
Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Just a PSA that AP dropped the hyphen following most common prefixes