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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I genuinely did not know that.

Makes complete sense though!

... and yes, English is a ridiculous nonsense language, we can and routinely do things like verb(ify) nouns, we have tons of idioms and slang that well... barely even make sense to many native speakers... we have tons of homophones like threw through, their there they're... etc...

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

2 week late necro post but:

(images you can hear, lol)