LouNeko@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agoDo Germans have a long convoluted word for when somebody asks something and you first say "What?" but then immediately answer their question anyway as if your mouth was quicker than your brain?message-squaremessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDo Germans have a long convoluted word for when somebody asks something and you first say "What?" but then immediately answer their question anyway as if your mouth was quicker than your brain?LouNeko@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoOne of my frustrations with English is that spaces in compound nouns are arbitrary. We have fishbowl but also fish tank.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoWell the rest of the rules around written English are arbitrary, why would this one be different?! I think I’d write fish bowl separately though.
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.ukdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·18 days agoDepends if it’s a fish bowl (a bowl for a fish) or a fishbowl (a big watered down drink you can buy from bad nightclubs)
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·18 days agoWhat would you call this?
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One of my frustrations with English is that spaces in compound nouns are arbitrary. We have fishbowl but also fish tank.
Well the rest of the rules around written English are arbitrary, why would this one be different?!
I think I’d write fish bowl separately though.
Depends if it’s a fish bowl (a bowl for a fish) or a fishbowl (a big watered down drink you can buy from bad nightclubs)
What would you call this?
delightful?
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