sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWords from Gulliver's Travels [INCIDENTAL COMICS]lemmus.orgimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaredegen@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI was like “but the other three are real words…” Apparently diminutive is the only one that doesn’t trace its origin to the book. TIL! Funny how language works.
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I was like “but the other three are real words…”
Apparently diminutive is the only one that doesn’t trace its origin to the book. TIL! Funny how language works.