#op was also equating linguistic complexity to mental complexity which. shaky ground there. thats been done before. also 0 evidence
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“there’s a reason english is a universal language; it’s fairly simple and has very little nuance to it” please say sike
#150k likes.#the reason why english is a universal/global language is middle school curriculum please.#and the comments. augh ‘yeah like english doesnt even have a word for /doesn’t differentiate *insert eg verbs in commenter’s native lamguage#that’s expressed using one verb in english*#hang on ill get an actual example#ive been thinking for way too many days about the fact that english doesn't have different words for ser y estar it's all just be#any language can express any notion they skmply so it in different ways none of which are inherently better than others this is literally#linguistics 101 like entry level shit#AND ALSO to the fuckers in the comments section going#‘as a native speaker of X i can tell how deep and complex my lamguage is compared to english’ sot down and try again.#language* sit*#and to the few linguists in the comment section thank you. i too as a linguist disagree#op was also equating linguistic complexity to mental complexity which. shaky ground there. thats been done before. also 0 evidence#txt
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