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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Hence Poul Anderson famously making RL basic science sound like fantasy magic by using Anglo-Saxon roots in "Uncleftish Beholding"
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Words are usually weird when you know the roots that we're cut off from in daily speech.
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I found it interesting that Swedish for "may" translates to "get to" - we treat the original as slang.
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