misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoGermans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approvalwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down16cross-posted to: worldnews@civilloquy.comglobalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours ago How’s it feel rest of the world? To have English seep into your language after so many centuries of only having your languages seep into English. Although, aside from the great vowel shift, we gladly contributed at fucking up English orthography.
Although, aside from the great vowel shift, we gladly contributed at fucking up English orthography.