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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:27
by Jas
unoduetre wrote: ↑27 May 2020, 14:22
For a similar reason, I wouldn't be able to write quality literature in English without a lot (A LOT) of effort.
understandable.
But is it something you're interested in?
Not necessarily literature but mastering English?
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:35
by unoduetre
It's difficult to say. I'm not like a huge English language nerd or anything like that.
But I'd like to GM in English. I think it'd be fun.
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:36
by unoduetre
But I am interested in linguistics in general.
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:40
by Jas
I can say honestly that I'm not particularly interested in linguistics.
However, word etymology is interesting to me.
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:44
by unoduetre
Oh, that's also very interesting!
E.g. I like to find cognates between Polish and English (they're both in the indo-european family of languages).
(Most languages of Europe belong to the indo-european family (besides Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Basque (and some others)), and also languages like Iranian and some languages from India).
The numbers are so similar in all indo-european languages!
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:45
by unoduetre
And also the traditional pagan religions were very similar.
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:46
by unoduetre
@Jas
Do you have some interesting examples from etymology?
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:50
by Jas
None of the top of my head. But when I learn a new word (English or otherwise) I'll look up the roots.
It often can be pretty interesting, seeing how common words are built from seemingly disparate roots.
Like I said, I can't come up with an example, though.
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 14:51
by unoduetre
Sure, no worries.