Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days 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-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days ago“Nem csináltam semmit!” Damn, it works in Hungarian too. Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.
minus-squarecabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 days 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.
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.
“Nem csináltam semmit!”
Damn, it works in Hungarian too.
Maybe it’s just English that’s stupid, and not every other language.
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.