x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-215 days agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down146file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squarePeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-215 days agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoI honestly wasn’t aware naïve had a dieresis in English. I mean, it makes complete sense for it to have one in languages that use them, but I wasn’t aware it was a loanword (from French or Normand, I assume).
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 days agoIt’s from french although naive is also a valid spelling.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoHonestly it pisses me off that autocorrect adds all the beauty dots to it when I just try to write “naive”
I honestly wasn’t aware naïve had a dieresis in English.
I mean, it makes complete sense for it to have one in languages that use them, but I wasn’t aware it was a loanword (from French or Normand, I assume).
It’s from french although naive is also a valid spelling.
Honestly it pisses me off that autocorrect adds all the beauty dots to it when I just try to write “naive”