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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25626225

I know no other languages, so i guess Im just gonna have to roll with it.

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[-] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

"loanword" is a calque and "calque" is a loanword.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Cor anglais is usually said in French. French horn is usually said in English.

[-] LeftRedditOnJul1@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] criitz@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

I guess these examples would be heterological.

[-] Ellvix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

A community for linguistics humor? Holy shit I'm in.

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Just a PSA that AP dropped the hyphen following most common prefixes

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

There's a similar one in Portuguese:

  • [Original] Por que "tudo junto" é separado e "separado" é tudo junto?
  • [Literal translation] Why is "everything together" separated (written as separated words) and "separated" is everything together (written as a single word)?
[-] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Can someone please explain the joke. I already saw this like two times and still can't figure it out

[-] Gartenschretel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A word is hyphenated if it is written with a hyphen, i.e. '-'. So the joke is the word hypenated is not hyphenated, so non-hyphenated, while the word non-hyphenated is hyphenated.

[-] ultrahamster64@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Damn i should've just googled the translation correctly lol. Thank you so much

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