n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-23 days agoHow will the Cowichan decision effect your property title?cassius133.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down14
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkHow will the Cowichan decision effect your property title?cassius133.substack.comn7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoEnglish is fucked as a language. Honestly there’s no reason we need two different words for that with such similar meanings and pronunciation.
minus-squarejaselle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoBasically every language has situations like this. "plus” in French comes to mind. I think the worst one in English is particularly bad though – “can” and “can’t” pronounced nearly identically in my dialect.
English is fucked as a language. Honestly there’s no reason we need two different words for that with such similar meanings and pronunciation.
Basically every language has situations like this. "plus” in French comes to mind. I think the worst one in English is particularly bad though – “can” and “can’t” pronounced nearly identically in my dialect.