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English tends to just borrow/steal words from other languages if they're useful enough. It could also be something to do with the lack of consistency of english
by ndsipa_pomu 3mo ago
English tends to just borrow/steal words from other languages if they're useful enough. It could also be something to do with the lack of consistency of english rules so it's not so easy to create new words.
- kevin_thibedeau 3mo agoYou can wordificate cromulent lexemes with abandon. The English language don't care.
- teddyh 3mo agoany noun can become a verb if you don’t care enough — <https://blog.linguisten.de/post/183704949120/any-noun-can-become-a-verb-if-you-dont-care https://blog.linguisten.de/post/183704949120/any-noun-can-be...>