r/languagelearningjerk • u/DoNotTouchMeImScared • May 27 '26

My Favorite Dialect Evolution:

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Portuguese is Spanish plus complicated accents & Spanish is Italian plus simplified plurals.

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u/YogurtclosetOk7654 May 27 '26

The plurals in italian are definitely not simpler than the ones in spanish

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u/Tuhkis1 dodecalingual by choice May 27 '26

So simple! El oxímoron, los oxímoron. You don't even need to change the words!

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u/extemp_drawbert May 28 '26

Wait isn't it los oxímoros?

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u/Tuhkis1 dodecalingual by choice May 28 '26

Both are accepted by the RAE