Jorunn (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 months agoHey sis, you're looking ruley great today!locklemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1748arrow-down120
arrow-up1728arrow-down1imageHey sis, you're looking ruley great today!locklemmy.blahaj.zoneJorunn (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneM to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squareJorunn (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoOh, maybe! I’m not an english speaker
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoLooking at wiktionary, apparently the two words have completely separate etymologies - but “pal” is borrowed from “brother” in one language, while “gal” is borrowed from “girl” in a different language (which itself derived it from English, I think?) Language can be funky
Oh, maybe! I’m not an english speaker
Looking at wiktionary, apparently the two words have completely separate etymologies - but “pal” is borrowed from “brother” in one language, while “gal” is borrowed from “girl” in a different language (which itself derived it from English, I think?)
Language can be funky