PugJesus@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 days agoExplain Frenchlemmy.worldimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1510arrow-down16
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minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·17 days ago That can’t be the original name. Correct, it’s bullshit. But it’s illustrative of merely contrarian nonsense like Rampisham being “Ransom” or Southwark being “Suthik.”
minus-squareGiveOver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 days agoAre you saying contractions are contrarian nonsense?
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·17 days agoYou are bringing some weird takes to a gag thread in a gag community.
Correct, it’s bullshit.
But it’s illustrative of merely contrarian nonsense like Rampisham being “Ransom” or Southwark being “Suthik.”
Are you saying contractions are contrarian nonsense?
You are bringing some weird takes to a gag thread in a gag community.