Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe fool should learn to fly.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up11.01Kfile-text
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minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoAnd “air” as a word dates back to both Latin and Greek “aer”, probably from proto-Indo-European “awer” so it’s pretty much been the same word in European since civilization was a thing.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months ago in European Oh yes, my favourite language. It’s “vzduch” or similar in most Slavic languages, and I’d bet you’re not pronouncing it right.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI meant “parts of Europe” but my fingers didn’t catch up with my brain
And “air” as a word dates back to both Latin and Greek “aer”, probably from proto-Indo-European “awer” so it’s pretty much been the same word in European since civilization was a thing.
Oh yes, my favourite language. It’s “vzduch” or similar in most Slavic languages, and I’d bet you’re not pronouncing it right.
I meant “parts of Europe” but my fingers didn’t catch up with my brain