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Daily Discussion Thread: 🌃🏙️ Friday, August 9, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I can promise you that words changing meaning over time is not an "American Argument". Nothing to say what you mean by "American" (us, Canada, Argentina?) .

Language has changed all the time, via slang from the poorest, or the slang of the royals and powerful people throughout history.

We don't say *dyeu anymore, to refer to the sun-god of proto-indo-european times; we say "Zeus", "deity", "deva" or "Jupiter" (all come from *dyeu).

So I don't think the Americans had any say in that. Language and the evolution of language has happened endless times throughout history.

Example from Language Jones

https://youtu.be/BFgg-Gy0E2g?si=g4rNnyX7eu1DJx60