• SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social
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    9 hours ago

    For some reason that reminds me of how the first member of the Wampanoag tribe to greet the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, named Samoset, spoke to them in English. Then he came back later with another tribe member, Squanto, who also spoke English.

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      4 hours ago

      isn’t english just the crab language that spontaneously comes into existence if given enough time?