• @[email protected]
    11•5 months ago

    To be pedantic that’s not grammar but orthography (which in English is even weirder). English is just a mutant amalgamation of Germanic, Romance and Celtic languages and man, it shows.

    • @samus12345English
      3•5 months ago

      There’s very little Celtic in modern English. Old Germanic, Latin, and French (which is derived from Latin) are the biggest contributors.

    • @puppy
      2•5 months ago

      Don’t forget French.

      • @Soup
        3•5 months ago

        French is technically a romance language but it is very different from the others.

      • @stoicmaverick
        0•5 months ago

        What’s up with the +1 heart on this comment?

        • @puppy
          1•5 months ago

          Are you on Jerboa by any chance?

          • @stoicmaverick
            1•5 months ago

            Yeah. I’ve since figured it out. It’s just the net up verse down vote count. Actually somewhat useful for quick glancing.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•5 months ago

      Mashing together all the languages into a Frankenstein form of communication is English grammar. It has nothing to do with birds!

      • @stoicmaverick
        2•5 months ago

        Except for the reason why we have different words for ‘chicken’ while it’s alive, and ‘poultry’ after it’s been slaughtered.