What’s your take? I’m not sure if I know of an historic case of it like IDK maybe 200 or 150 years ago but nowadays I have several cases near of autistic people, so what do you think is old or new?

  • BigBolillo@mgtowlemmy.orgOP
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    2 days ago

    Oh, now I understand — it was my fault, sorry. I’ve never been in any English-speaking country directly, so I don’t really know how words are used when you’re a native English speaker. In Spanish, we say “desarrollar” (“to develop”) not only when there’s an intentional action, but also, for example, when people get sick or have a condition — we say they “developed” the illness. In the case of autism, I understand that generally people are, let’s say, “normal” until a certain age, and it’s then that autism “develops,” so to speak.You don’t have to apologize at all.

    I’m not bothered or anything. It’s just that my English is really bad sometimes, for that reason.

    • texture@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      hey cheers for the message.

      i dont think your english was really bad. perhaps more that there was a slightly unusual grammar employed and because english itself is so messy and confusing, that i misunderstood. also, my english language abilities arent fantastic or normal anyway, even though its my fist language.

      in english we also say that people “developed” an illness, its more about exact tense. So “has been developed” just sounded a bit awkward and made me think you meant the condition itself, and not the study of it.

      anyway long story short, english itself sucks and is quite prone to misunderstandings. thanks for conversing in good faith. :)