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minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoI was just thinking about this this morning. What the heck is with the “-er” suffix? “I’m a witcher.” “What does a witcher do?” “I create watch catch breed f*** hunt witches.” “I’m a birder.” “What does a birder do?” “I create catch hunt breed f*** watch birds.” “Actually I think several of those could apply…” I think the confusing-ass formula is this: A [word1]er is a [word2]er of [word1]s.
minus-squarelemmyreaderlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoSuggesting : Ornithology-hobbyist-fan
I was just thinking about this this morning. What the heck is with the “-er” suffix?
“I’m a witcher.”
“What does a witcher do?”
“I
createwatchcatchbreedf***hunt witches.”“I’m a birder.”
“What does a birder do?”
“I
createcatchhuntbreedf***watch birds.”“Actually I think several of those could apply…”
I think the confusing-ass formula is this:
A [word1]er is a [word2]er of [word1]s.
Suggesting : Ornithology-hobbyist-fan