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minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s probably closer to the original latin than the current English butchery.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoIt’s “kaos” in (“classic”) latin bcs it’s copypasta from Greek. wikipedia/Chaos.ogg
minus-squaredeath_to_carrots@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWait, what is the current English butchery? Non-native speaker here.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoOh, just in general. English is the cronenburg monster of languages and pronunciation. We will steal your words, pronounce them weirdly, use them wrongly, and claim they’ve always been ours.
That’s probably closer to the original latin than the current English butchery.
It’s “kaos” in (“classic”) latin bcs it’s copypasta from Greek.
wikipedia/Chaos.ogg
Wait, what is the current English butchery? Non-native speaker here.
Oh, just in general. English is the cronenburg monster of languages and pronunciation. We will steal your words, pronounce them weirdly, use them wrongly, and claim they’ve always been ours.