• dafo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    English is an inferior language because it does not combine words into one when it would make sense to do so to avoid confusion.

    Change my mind.

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      1 year ago

      They use dashes, which is more readable (“self-sufficient”, and similar stuff), although idk if that’s what you meant

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        1 year ago

        I’ve been trying to think of an example, the only one I could think of is “assault rifle”. In Swedish, where we contract words, it would be “assaultrifle”, so it’s clear you’re not encouraging someone to beat up a rifle.