Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 18 hours agoWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 18 hours agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoAs a native speaker of a Slavic language, I hate that it works like this. It makes the language less expressive without providing any benefit.
minus-squarecabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoМне так не кажется. But then, I am not really fluent in Russian anymore. As is typical in 1st generation Americans, I lost the language as a child.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours ago“Nem csináltam semmit!” Damn, it works in Hungarian too. Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.
As a native speaker of a Slavic language, I hate that it works like this. It makes the language less expressive without providing any benefit.
Мне так не кажется.
But then, I am not really fluent in Russian anymore. As is typical in 1st generation Americans, I lost the language as a child.
“Nem csináltam semmit!”
Damn, it works in Hungarian too.
Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.