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Post #AsP1EjktnDHXyCpEQK by [email protected] |
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I learned from the latest Big Issue that the old word "methinks" does… |
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Post #AsPcVS12hL9oB8D2cC by [email protected] |
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@futzle Oh, it's related to German "dünken": https://de.wiktiona… |
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Post #AsPcVS8qELOaZJrGls by [email protected] |
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@bwana @futzle Dutch uses the same construction as English as well, "me du… |
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Post #AsPcfY397QnXmw0Ynw by [email protected] |
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@futzle Thanks! Your post brought my favourite three words back again. Bespoile… |
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Post #AsPcgqijBfatz44tiy by [email protected] |
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@futzle oh, just like "mér þykir" |
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Post #AsPcgqokpGPmHkti7M by [email protected] |
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@owl It stands to reason that Icelandic would still have this form. Thanks for … |
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Post #AsPcgqumSrEeaRiWVk by [email protected] |
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@futzle Yes, seems "intuitive" now in that "mér" usually c… |
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Post #AsPcgr0695UMqwClnc by [email protected] |
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@futzle You wouldn't happen to know what's up with e.g. Scottish dialec… |
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Post #AsPcgr5PpJk57Qh15U by [email protected] |
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@owl I truly don’t know. Your conjecture is pretty compelling but I don’t k… |
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Post #AsPcgrAjVXznNvBGNM by [email protected] |
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@futzle checked in on Elfdalian, which is the only language I know which has ba… |
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Post #AsPcgrGl98ofgc04lk by [email protected] |
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@owl That was an interesting rabbit hole. |
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Post #AsPcgrLiqgmnw0K2VM by [email protected] |
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@futzle it can sound quite a bit like more inflected English https://www.youtub… |
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Post #AsPcgrR2Wv2WCUoHnE by [email protected] |
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@owl Wow so it is |
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Post #AsPd2oV07vtHSu8AQC by [email protected] |
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@futzle i use methinks regularly |
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Post #AsPdH6IYkKNsit7k2K by [email protected] |
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@luciedigitalni @futzle Now I feel the need for "methunks" to be adde… |
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Post #AsPdKleNSPiRqI4s3k by [email protected] |
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@bwana I’m so glad I’ve been able to unite Germanic language speakers (exce… |
