transiences:andywooo:animeasuka:wafflesforstephanie:yosb:welcome to harvard: linguistics 101Is this
transiences:andywooo:animeasuka:wafflesforstephanie:yosb:welcome to harvard: linguistics 101Is this reality?Abso-fucking-lutely.yo the word fucking is actually really interesting because it’s one of american english’s only infixesYES THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY COOL MY AP ENGLISH TEACHER WENT ON A 5-MINUTE RANT ABOUT “FUCK” AND HOW IT’S THE ONLY WORD YOU CAN INSERT INTO OTHER WORDS I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THE WORD “FUCK” OKAYLatinists? Remember the infixes -ba- and -bo/i/u- we used to form the imperfect and future indicative? Laudabam, monebis, etc.?Well, English has infixes, too. “Fucking,” for one.I know, right?It’s unbe-fucking-lievable. -- source link
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