Lojcs@lemm.ee to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 days agoNewslemm.eeimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down16
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minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·2 days agoyah that’s pretty much it, it comes from middle english newys which means “new things”
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoi’m now starting a movement to say “newies” instead of “news”
minus-squareඞmir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoNewies sounds so much more fun, why did we change it to news :(
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agothat feels like a slur for some reason
yah that’s pretty much it, it comes from middle english newys which means “new things”
i’m now starting a movement to say “newies” instead of “news”
Newies sounds so much more fun, why did we change it to news :(
Australia didn’t yet exist
that feels like a slur for some reason