Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 hours agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOgmioslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down11·2 hours agoDo you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 hours agowell when you challenge an opinion you usually offer an alternative opinion.
minus-squareOgmioslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down10·2 hours agoUsually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment. Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-257 minutes agoi did think about it and it matches my experience. i will read the rest of the thread. Edit: i have now read the rest of the thread. nobody seems to agree and i see no sources.
minus-squareWindex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoThey aren’t used interchangeably so this implies a different definition or at least distinct connotations.
Do you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?
well when you challenge an opinion you usually offer an alternative opinion.
Usually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment.
Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.
i did think about it and it matches my experience. i will read the rest of the thread.
Edit: i have now read the rest of the thread. nobody seems to agree and i see no sources.
They aren’t used interchangeably so this implies a different definition or at least distinct connotations.