Iconoclast@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoWhat's an interesting etymology for a common term?message-squaremessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down12
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minus-squarewieson@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoHow is one language more literal than another?
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoThink of the language like units in a math problem. “East” (English) is more literally “East” Than “Leste”( Portuguese), even if it translates to the same If you make an analogy with temperature: 212°F is more literally “212” than 100C even if they are both the boiling point of water
How is one language more literal than another?
Think of the language like units in a math problem.
“East” (English) is more literally “East”
Than “Leste”( Portuguese), even if it translates to the same
If you make an analogy with temperature: