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react-guy
6y

I always wondered how it would be to have English as mother tongue.

Because :
- Insects are causing problems in computers,
- you're using a glass door or a fruit for OS (well, some of us),
- the internet is made of people bringing your glass in the restaurant,
- you navigate on the spider's fiber,
- ...

That must feel weird considering it's the same words that you use for other parts of your life

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  • 2
    6y
    I actually like it like this! The word "bug" literally origins from an incident where an insect shorted something in a computer, so it's funny. The server is actually giving you content you've requested, it's a pretty good analogy. Etc. etc.
  • 10
    6y
    English is fucked up dude.

    Our noses run but our feet smell.
    We drive on parkways and park in driveways.

    Then there's:
    -too, to and two
    -they're, their and there
    -red and read are pronunced the same
    -read and read have different pronunciation
  • 2
    6y
    @gronostaj No, this is a common misconception. The word bug was already used by Edison with the same meaning before the first computer existed.
    It comes from a much older word that means something like kobold.
  • 1
    6y
    Actually no. Since English is so context sensitive in meaning, it feels normal. It's the same reason why "I ate the orange orange" isn't that weird to native speakers.
  • 2
    6y
    People bring glass in restaurant? What’s that now?
  • 0
    6y
    @pk76 I guess you're right. It still feels weird when we try to "Frenchise" it (some people made that a quest for themselves apparently).
    And I'm not ready for translating "apple". It just doesn't feel right to use a fruit name for one of the biggest company in the world.
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