Well also English speakers get used to using Latin/Greek vs Germanic roots for a high/low distinction and other languages don'thttps://twitter.com/pookleblinky/status/844659254376173569 …
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"Oxygen" is just "sour stuff" in Greek (or "source of sourness"), bc oxygen gas was discovered through studying acids
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I'm reminded of someone saying Chinese culture was brutal to animals and you can tell bc the word for "animal" is just "thing that moves"
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the Germans also have nipples as "breast warts" :)
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