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19132487 No.19132487 [Reply] [Original]

Why does the English language exist again. Doesn't the ability to associate many different meanings to just one word become flawed at some point?

>> No.19132494

>>19132487
All languages do this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysemy

>> No.19132511
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19132511

I forget who said it, but I like repeating it.

English isn’t a language. It’s three languages stacked on top of each other wearing a trench coat

>> No.19132514

>>19132487
Congrats! You win the most retarded post currently on /lit/ award!

>> No.19132527

>>19132487
>Doesn't the ability to associate many different meanings to just one word become flawed at some point?
China

>> No.19132586

>>19132511
it's a language.

>> No.19132593

>>19132586
It’s three of them

>> No.19132610

>>19132593
tons of languages get a whole bunch of their lexicons from other languages. look at malay, etc

>> No.19133231

English does this much less than most languages because of all the fucking synonyms that allow slight differentiation of meaning or context to be assigned to different words. You should see Japanese and Chinese.