Derek_Mudaxe

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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
An unwarranted and ultimately discriminatory snipe, but ok.
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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
Yeah, if a European developer attempted to make a non-European city builder then they'd probably get accused of appropriation, and in addition would also get slammed for the inaccuracies and socio-cultural misunderstandings that would
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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
Just carrying on the tradition then I suppose.
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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
>I get that a former penal colony probably has inherited expansive judicial discretion This made me double take. The Thirteen colonies was used as a penal colony too, so maybe the USA has expansive judicial discretion too, or maybe it&#x
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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
It is still a contested topic among linguists, I keep seeing newly published articles about it. The debate's mainly around whether the standard used for Middle English writing is Anglicised Norse versus Norsified Old English. I've
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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
Old English is definitely West Germanic. It's much less clear whether Middle and current English can be considered more West Germanic or more North Germanic; there's still a debate raging on.
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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
Sometimes yes, sometimes no, it depends on the context.
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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
A slice of bread with butter is not a sandwich, it's just bread and butter or buttered bread. Sandwich is a placename, sandy vik, the food item is named after an earl/eoarl/yarl/jarl (take your pick).
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by Derek_Mudaxe 5y ago
Please could you name a few, it should be easy.