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You would hate my country's language then. Diminutives are used in everyday conversation by adults, for no reason other than it sounds more fun.
by fy20 4y ago
You would hate my country's language then. Diminutives are used in everyday conversation by adults, for no reason other than it sounds more fun.
- aussiesnack 4y agoWhat language? Sounding fun and inappropriately childish aren't necessarily the same thing - though language pragmatics are vastly complex and are easier to embody than really explain. Anyway I'd probably be more curious than judgemental about a language I'm not a native speaker of. English is my own language, which is a different matter. The locution sounds inappropriately childish to me, so I was wondering if this was just the norm in the US (which often is oddly prim in some ways, wildly licentious in others, compared to some other English-speaking places).