Comments by "B. Xoit" (@b43xoit) on "NativLang" channel.

  1. Yes, "anus" for the body part is a circumlocution, calling it a ring.
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  2. . . . which is (almost) correct.
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  3. Jack Carver speaks the truth. If you are going to think about Germanic languages, you might as well start with English.
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  4. But the point is, they don't equate. Different words, different spellings, different sounds.
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  5. Exactly. A sheath for a sword.
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  6. That close?
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  7. So you're going to cite Clever Hans without mentioning the explanation.
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  8. The Episcopalian church continued to use Latin in church services after the Catholic church dropped it.
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  9. No, Sanscrit came from proto-Indo-European. Check Wikipedia.
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  10. From the outside, Irish writing looks pretty difficult to me, and from a mere brush with Danish, it looks as though any resemblance between speaking and spelling seems coincidental in that language as well.
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  11. No, English is a Germanic language. But Latin (partly via French) gave English many borrowings. That's why you say "feline" instead of "cattish".
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  12. Bayreuth, Beirut.
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  13. Apartment, or flat, +Randumb Person?
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  14. "to short"? Like in the stock market?
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  15. In the case of English, the spelling hung on while the pronunciation degraded.
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  16.  @Xerxes2005  Almost; "tough" is pronounced "tuff." /tʌf/
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  17. Whom do you mean by "we"?
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  18. LOL
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  19.  @paullanison1541  I think Fafner888 means her or his comment as a joke.
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  20. Number of words, not amount of words.
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  21. Like "pick-up" for phonograph? And "parking" for parking places?
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  22. Such an intricate history.
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  23. Yes and there's a connection via the Normans.
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  24. Well, "checkmate" comes from Farsi.
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  25. But the speakers called it "Englisc".
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  26. Unlikely people shall live that long. Pollution etc.
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  27. Check Danish.
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  28. Check the vids on ancient Greek from the guy who speaks Latin.
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