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I don't trust it (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least in my dialect of English and some others I know, the noun and adjective have the stress on the first syllable while the verb has it on the second

[–] Bring_Back_Buggy_Whips@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Thank you. It was Greek to me, but since English is a French dialect sprinkled with Germanic Romantic Latin seasonings, and acrimonious acronyms and euphemisms, I got confused. Somehow.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

Hey now, it's a German dialect with French Romantic seasonings! Much clearer, of course