Flying Squid to Comic Strips • 17 hours agoThe fool should learn to fly.imagemessage-square47arrow-up1828arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1820arrow-down1imageThe fool should learn to fly.Flying Squid to Comic Strips • 17 hours agomessage-square47file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•8 hours agoAnd “air” as a word dates back to both Latin and Greek “aer”, probably from proto-Indo-European “awer” so it’s pretty much been the same word in European since civilization was a thing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 hours ago in European Oh yes, my favourite language. It’s “vzduch” or similar in most Slavic languages, and I’d bet you’re not pronouncing it right.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•36 minutes agoI meant “parts of Europe” but my fingers didn’t catch up with my brain
And “air” as a word dates back to both Latin and Greek “aer”, probably from proto-Indo-European “awer” so it’s pretty much been the same word in European since civilization was a thing.
Oh yes, my favourite language. It’s “vzduch” or similar in most Slavic languages, and I’d bet you’re not pronouncing it right.
I meant “parts of Europe” but my fingers didn’t catch up with my brain