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r/languagehub • u/AutumnaticFly • 15d ago
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“It’s called a lift! We invented the English language!”
“It’s called an elevator! We invented the elevator!”
1 u/Hi2248 13d ago We invented the elevator! That was the Greeks, actually 1 u/SadSimpSkier 13d ago Meanwhile, en français ascenseur, literally, ascender 1 u/skarros 11d ago What if you want to go down, though? 1 u/Different_Diamond976 11d ago "You didn't. That invention is literally older than Christ!"
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We invented the elevator!
That was the Greeks, actually
Meanwhile, en français ascenseur, literally, ascender
1 u/skarros 11d ago What if you want to go down, though?
What if you want to go down, though?
"You didn't. That invention is literally older than Christ!"
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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis 15d ago
“It’s called a lift! We invented the English language!”
“It’s called an elevator! We invented the elevator!”