• stray@pawb.social
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    13 days ago

    Well-recognized symbols?

    XKCD 2501

    And just what is wrong with a Germanic language using Nordic roots? I’d like to hold on to what little Scandinavian mythology survived being forcefully erased.

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      13 days ago

      Nothing wrong with Nordic roots at all! The “bastard language” comment was meant in the sense that modern English is a germanic+romantic mongrel, so the link between our words for days of the week and our words for the planets don’t make nearly as much sense as they do in other languages.