Why English language is sometimes "lazy", sometimes not
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(non-native speaker)
Is there a reason why the English language has "special" words for a specific topic, like related to court (plaintiff, defendant, warrant, litigation), elections/voting (snap election, casting a ballot)?
And in other cases seems lazy, like firefighter, firetruck, homelessness (my favorite), mother-in-law, newspaper.
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I've never thought about it like that before! Thanks for giving me a new way to look at my native language lol
You would love https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/
Thank you! That looks really interesting!
It starts with proto-Indo-European (PIE), and is a fantastic mixture of history and language and how the two intersect. And no ads!
Awesome!!