Nakamotto to [email protected]English • 2 years agoThis meme is good. Is not it?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square42arrow-up1428arrow-down133
arrow-up1395arrow-down1imageThis meme is good. Is not it?i.imgur.comNakamotto to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square42
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoThat’s because people got their words all mixed up. Back in the day, “is not it” would absolutely be the normal way to phrase “isn’t it.” It sounds weird today of course.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoI know this is a really old post, but “is it not” is also the formulation in other Germanic languages, so we can assume that it was the same formulation in old Germanic.
That’s because people got their words all mixed up. Back in the day, “is not it” would absolutely be the normal way to phrase “isn’t it.”
It sounds weird today of course.
I know this is a really old post, but “is it not” is also the formulation in other Germanic languages, so we can assume that it was the same formulation in old Germanic.