sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoWords from Gulliver's Travels [INCIDENTAL COMICS]lemmus.orgimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squaredegenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoI was like “but the other three are real words…” Apparently diminutive is the only one that doesn’t trace its origin to the book. TIL! Funny how language works.
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I was like “but the other three are real words…”
Apparently diminutive is the only one that doesn’t trace its origin to the book. TIL! Funny how language works.