If yes, could they just decide to change the name of the animal ‘seahorse’ into ‘seafish’? If no, must the Normans get involved again?
Ok, this is how I see it.
Any flaw of the English language= clearly the result of Germans SAVAGES who basterdised the language before it got to our land, the English would never do such things. Clealry, only cruel and vindictive GERMANS would do such a thing. It’s such a shame my people had to spend 1000s of years cleaning up such a horrid language. It’s not our fault we couldn’t get all the mistakes in such a short amount of time
Any praise of the English language= ah yes clear evidence of our superiority, what a brilliant language we cultivated all of our own, of our own volition and entirely on our own, such a great glory to the british people and its island (were the language originated from) we our trully graced by God to have such a wise and true language that is simple and easily to learn for all the peoples of the earth.
There’s no such thing as a fish biologically. It’s strictly a culinary term. Unless QI lied to me.
German: Flything, workthing, firething, drivething. A language like a construction kit.
Is this like how Germans call every animal a swine?
If it comes under the ‘Fish’ section of the menu, it’s fish.
You are not going to adapt our language – that’s our job, but you do seem to have already adopted it.
I’ll have you know any defects in the language owe to a long tradition of loss of brain function due a combination of our arty friends over in France, our autistic friends over in Germany, the aristocracy having hot cousins, whisky, ale, far too much bacon and an obsession with collecting… Cheerio!
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Pineapple , not a pine nor an apple
Strawberry, not a straw nor an berry
Just don’t say whether or not they are fish, problem solved
Seahorse = not horse
Does England have an equivalent to Académie Française?
If yes, could they just decide to change the name of the animal ‘seahorse’ into ‘seafish’?
If no, must the Normans get involved again?
Ok, this is how I see it.
Any flaw of the English language= clearly the result of Germans SAVAGES who basterdised the language before it got to our land, the English would never do such things. Clealry, only cruel and vindictive GERMANS would do such a thing. It’s such a shame my people had to spend 1000s of years cleaning up such a horrid language. It’s not our fault we couldn’t get all the mistakes in such a short amount of time
Any praise of the English language= ah yes clear evidence of our superiority, what a brilliant language we cultivated all of our own, of our own volition and entirely on our own, such a great glory to the british people and its island (were the language originated from) we our trully graced by God to have such a wise and true language that is simple and easily to learn for all the peoples of the earth.
There’s no such thing as a fish biologically. It’s strictly a culinary term. Unless QI lied to me.
German: Flything, workthing, firething, drivething. A language like a construction kit.
Is this like how Germans call every animal a swine?
If it comes under the ‘Fish’ section of the menu, it’s fish.
You are not going to adapt our language – that’s our job, but you do seem to have already adopted it.
I’ll have you know any defects in the language owe to a long tradition of loss of brain function due a combination of our arty friends over in France, our autistic friends over in Germany, the aristocracy having hot cousins, whisky, ale, far too much bacon and an obsession with collecting… Cheerio!
Surimi sticks……. Frankenstein fish