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minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 hours agoThis is interesting as a language quirk. Alien can just mean “different” in English. It doesn’t need to come from space. But English also has extraterrestrial. As a non native speaker, I had to pause and wonder a bit about “alien”.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoEvery language is like this. Any given word can mean multiple things.
This is interesting as a language quirk. Alien can just mean “different” in English. It doesn’t need to come from space. But English also has extraterrestrial.
As a non native speaker, I had to pause and wonder a bit about “alien”.
Every language is like this. Any given word can mean multiple things.