Correct me if I got anything wrong, TA!

    • smeg@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      pizza pie

      Those two things are not remotely the same

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        1 year ago

        The Americans seem to have a very wide definition of the word Pie and none of them seem to be pies.

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      Yes and but that’s just how the distinction is made. Prime example: Shiba/Akita “Inu”. Inu is literally dog. Yet it refers to the purebred dog of Japan, not the american shitmix (no shade, theres just not much consistency with what they’re mixed with). Language evolves over time, even the dumb evolutions.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think they’re engaging in etymological reductionism.

        Their argument is that instead of saying “milk only belongs in chai tea”, one could’ve just said “milk only belongs in chai”.