A stupefying proportion of what mass media and everyday people think they know about linguistics and languages is wrong. Unfortunately, they do not appreciate corrections.
Very interesting! I had no idea “tenth” comes from “tithe”. So was it common to tithe ten percent of your income or where’s the connection?
Also, shouldn’t the ur-language debate be focused on African languages, unless you don’t know that humans emerged from Africa into the rest of the world?
Linguistics.
A stupefying proportion of what mass media and everyday people think they know about linguistics and languages is wrong. Unfortunately, they do not appreciate corrections.
I would love to know more! Feel free to vent.
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I love this! Please be angry about more language things.
All but the last four were new to me, so thank you!
Very interesting! I had no idea “tenth” comes from “tithe”. So was it common to tithe ten percent of your income or where’s the connection?
Also, shouldn’t the ur-language debate be focused on African languages, unless you don’t know that humans emerged from Africa into the rest of the world?