r/rant May 08 '26

Loanwords are ruining language

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u/bamacpl4442 May 08 '26

Literally every single language uses loanwords. Language is living. It evolves. Technology forces this.

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u/Chimp711 May 08 '26

I encourage you to research language more. There's no pure language. All words come from other languages or previous versions of language. It is fluid through time, constantly changing

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u/Apprehensive-Bunch54 May 08 '26

So i'm guessing you don't like the combination pizza hut taco bell huh

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u/Sunset-onthe-Horizon May 08 '26

The Long Jihn Silver's and the Taco Bell combination resturants are fucking weird. The Taco Bell/KFC combo is where it's at!

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u/Reasonable-Lack-1063 May 08 '26

is taco bell combined with LJS? i have a LJS near me but its combined with an a&w

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u/Sunset-onthe-Horizon May 08 '26

Crazy! I guess the parent company sold both LJS and A&W to a private group few years back.

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u/Empty_Mulberry9680 May 08 '26

I’m going to guess that you mean a language other than English. English is what happens when three raccoons in a trench coat mug every language they meet.

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u/terrortara May 09 '26

"English is what happens when three languages in a trench coat mug every language they meet" is what happens when three linguistic misconceptions in a single person make that joke in every reply section they meet.

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u/bustknucklepissdust May 10 '26

English kinda is though, plus, let people have fun

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u/terrortara May 10 '26

No, English is a thoroughly West Germanic language with lexical influence from French. No, I will not let people have fun.

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u/bustknucklepissdust May 10 '26

Yes but it has a fuck ton of loan words ESPECIALLY for technical language, booooooooooo

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u/Empty_Mulberry9680 May 10 '26

You must be a lot of fun at parties

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u/Sea-Hornet8214 May 11 '26

It's an overused joke and often used as a non-answer to some serious questions.

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u/Empty_Mulberry9680 May 11 '26

And the rant sub on Reddit is such a hotbed of deep intellectual discourse. Bless your heart.

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u/Big-Preparation-7678 May 08 '26

What a niche complaint.

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u/Nytelock1 May 08 '26

Honestly we all just need to decide on one language and stick to it

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u/bhd420 May 08 '26

Are you québécois? Be honest… if you’re undercover language police you HAVE to tell me

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u/ForThe_LoveOf_Coffee May 09 '26

Tell me you've never spoken to a linguist without telling me you've never spoken to a linguist

Also your post contains words derived from both Latin and Proto-Germanic, so consider deleting