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The intention was great, but I find the word awkward. Leebraayyy It looks/sounds foreign and feels a bit pretentious to use in conversation .. or I feel like
by contrarian1234 1y ago
The intention was great, but I find the word awkward. Leebraayyy
It looks/sounds foreign and feels a bit pretentious to use in conversation
.. or I feel like some gringo speaking broken Spanish
- layer8 1y agoIt’s a popular line of fragrances from YSL. ;)
- latexr 1y ago> It looks/sounds foreign and feels a bit pretentious to use in conversation “Entrepreneur” is worse on both counts, yet I don’t see those complaints about it. Must be because it’s associated with money.
- contrarian1234 1y agoSure sure, and Omelette, but once the word hits everyday usage it starts to feel different. There is a awkwardness hump to get through - and libre has a large one. So I feel it'll never catch on unfortunately
- pbhjpbhj 1y agoIt already caught on once. It's already in the dictionary (though OED suggests it is obsolete). Though English was probably much closer to the Norman/French influence then. It may be the Tudor influence on unifying England under a common language was what killed the historic use of libre.
- pbhjpbhj 1y agoIn British-English "libre" is French from Latin roots (liber). Though Spanish has the same word, I'd guess all Latin languages do. We get liberty, liberal from the same root. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/libre https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/libre gives a pronunciation which matches my own (lee-bruh).
- goopypoop 1y agoLee-breh?