The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoComing down...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1890arrow-down14
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minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoMore to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoBecause language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird. Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLanguage can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBrain surgery…? It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?
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More to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
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Because language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird.
Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
Language can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
Brain surgery…?
It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?