English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense - eviltoast
  • joel_feila@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    on borrowing we can look at nouns borrowed into Spanish. They take the word change any sounds in native language to match Spanish sounds. Then they just slap on a gender ending. Yes it just what ever catches on. Which means we could have lived in world with potata.