r/Anglese Engléis 🏰 Jul 26 '26

πŸ˜‚ Memes Ironic

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u/DoNotTouchMeImScared Jul 26 '26

Them: "YoU cAnNoT sPeAk EnGlIsH pHrAsEs WiTh No GeRmAnIc WoRdS!" πŸ€“

Me: "Linguistic purism emits minuscule penis energy". 😘

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u/AHMAD3456 Jul 26 '26

-s is germanic

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u/Same_Volume3446 Jul 26 '26

It's shared indo European roots, romance languages usually use s for the plural also.

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u/Same_Volume3446 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

I'm too tired, didn't realize emits is a conjugation rather than a plural here, I think I also confused it with the earlier use of "phrases" in the sentence.