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Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
16·29 days agoI would rather turn Mexico into the next California, than turn California into just a bigger-sized Mexico.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
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Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
313·29 days agoif the United States speaks Spanish instead of American English, it would certainly not have developed into the country it is today.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
19·29 days agomiser is not the same as “greedy old penny-pincher”
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
19·29 days agoRemoved by mod
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•When did the word "Mexico" become derogatory in California?English
217·29 days agowhen and how did “Mexico” become a derogatory word in California?
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
19·29 days agojust because ‘the definition for miser somehow, and some when, changed from “grumpy person who lives in the past”, to “someone stingy over money and is cheapskate”’ is not mentioned elsewhere, does not make it false.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
114·29 days agomiser does not mean someone who is a cheapskate, it means a “grumpy person who prefers living in the past”
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
19·29 days agothe definition for miser somehow, and some when, changed from “grumpy person who lives in the past”, to “someone stingy over money and is cheapskate”.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
111·29 days agocite a dictionary from before 2016, instead, that’s not online
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
111·29 days ago“Miser is a grumpy person who lives in the past, instead of the present”, was the definition people used in the US before 2016.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
116·29 days ago“Miser is a grumpy person who lives in the past, instead of the present”, was the definition people used in the US before 2016.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
18·29 days agoit feels like the English language has become simpler in vocabulary, like Chinese language, since 2017
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
19·29 days ago“Miser is a grumpy person who lives in the past, instead of the present”, was the definition people used in the US before 2016.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
114·29 days agowhat makes you think I’m baiting? I recommend you learning German or Japanese languages, or even Modern Hebrew (compared to Hebrew from the Roman era), rather than Chinese language.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
114·29 days agoit feels like the English language has become simpler in vocabulary, like Chinese language, since 2017
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?English
116·29 days agojust because there is no equivalent word for miser in the Chinese language, as someone who infatuates over the past and grumpy about the present, doesn’t mean the word does not exist in the English language.
Sparky@lemmy.todayOPto
AskUSA@discuss.online•Ubisoft was an American company, with the name standing for Uber Software, where Uber means super in online English. The reason it's not named Ubersoft is because Ubisoft flows-off-the-tongue betterEnglish
22·29 days agoIt’s Ooo be Soft, not You beh Soft :D


“we ought to be driving flying cars by now” :D