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Interestingly enough, in German and Polish the analogous expression is in fact "how does X look like?" So maybe it's an interference from those two languages? O
by Joker_vD 3y ago
Interestingly enough, in German and Polish the analogous expression is in fact "how does X look like?" So maybe it's an interference from those two languages? Or maybe it's even a relict of the older English expression, displaced in England by "what does X look like" after the Am/Br language split had happened.
- VyseofArcadia 3y agoAnecdotally, I hear the how/what confusion from nearly every non-native English speaker I've ever met, regardless of native language. I wonder if it's one of those little things that's surprisingly rare, like the th sound.