I always wondered how it would be to have English as mother tongue. Because : - Insects are causing problems in comput

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gronostaj

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I actually like it like this! The word "bug" literally origins from an incident where an insect shorted something in a computer, so it's funny. The server is actually giving you content you've requested, it's a pretty good analogy. Etc. etc.
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Stuxnet

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English is fucked up dude.

Our noses run but our feet smell.
We drive on parkways and park in driveways.

Then there's:
-too, to and two
-they're, their and there
-red and read are pronunced the same
-read and read have different pronunciation
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deadlyRants

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@gronostaj No, this is a common misconception. The word bug was already used by Edison with the same meaning before the first computer existed.
It comes from a much older word that means something like kobold.
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pk76

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Actually no. Since English is so context sensitive in meaning, it feels normal. It's the same reason why "I ate the orange orange" isn't that weird to native speakers.
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Demolishun

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English has implied namespacing and abstraction. After all words are just concepts anyway. Sounds our mouths make. They don't really exist as entities with meaning. We have just decided that these things will mean these things. So we start to see them as objects with meaning and form. Language is an illusion.
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grumpyoldaf

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People bring glass in restaurant? What’s that now?
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react-guy

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@pk76 I guess you're right. It still feels weird when we try to "Frenchise" it (some people made that a quest for themselves apparently).
And I'm not ready for translating "apple". It just doesn't feel right to use a fruit name for one of the biggest company in the world.

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