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Vermillion_Shadow t1_ja70dja wrote
But they’re not the same word? It’s like saying lone can also mean money borrowed from a bank when it doesn’t.
AxialGem t1_ja700qh wrote
Reply to comment by CrashBandioof420 in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man
Exactly! By the time the word human entered the language, the process that led to the vowel change in man~men was already long dead. Same with geese but not (usually) *meese
heiscursed t1_ja6zwbr wrote
Reply to comment by TimeTravelMishap in Sully from Monsters Inc. potentially revolutionized his entire society with his discovery. by [deleted]
It isn’t that blatantly obvious you don’t need to be a dick.
AxialGem t1_ja6zqam wrote
Reply to comment by whyvswhynot12089 in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man
Sure, that's an interesting way to look at it. Of course, ambiguity does in fact exist in many places in the language, and not all cases prompt us to make distinctions to clear it up. Case in point: almost all regular plurals can be confused with possessives: "It was my cats/cat's."
Maybe that's a factor, but the biggest thing of course is that the word human was never in a position to have a vowel change in the plural. The reason why the vowel doesn't change is a historical and etymological one, the same reason why the common plural of moose isn't meese (despite goose~geese). If it did have a vowel change today, it would have had to have been formed later by analogy, and what you said may contribute to that not having happened imo
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BodAlmighty t1_ja6z9by wrote
Reply to comment by raize308 in Cats spend the majority of their lives in their dreams rather than in real life due to them sleeping ~16 hours a day by raize308
I wouldn't think so, we humans came up with the hour, minute, second etc.
Plus, with the average lifespan of cats/dogs and that - even larger cats for instance being much shorter than ours, they reach 'adulthood' after around a year so their metabolism affects their passage of time... (like how we say "He's 7 in dog years")
A tortoise or a parrot can live for over 200 years on average so our 'year' may only feel like two months to them... And of course some animals do sleep for entire days through their lifespan, Bears, Hedgehogs etc hibernate through the winter, and Cicadas 'sleep' for 17 years so imagine a 'day' for them! 😀
SageSenpai t1_ja6ytms wrote
CrashBandioof420 t1_ja6yjjf wrote
Reply to Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man
The word "human" comes from Middle French "humain". Foreign words in English usually get their plural by adding s at the end. The word "man" comes from Old English "mann" and the plural of mann was menn. Some of Old English's plural system carried over to modern English, and thus we have
man -> men
CrashBandioof420 t1_ja6yhp1 wrote
Reply to comment by whyvswhynot12089 in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man
That's not why the word "human" doesn't have a vowel-changing plural though. The word "human" comes from Middle French "humain". Loan words in English usually get their plural by adding s at the end. The word "man" comes from Old English "mann" and the plural of mann was menn. Some of Old English's plural system carried over to modern English, and thus we have
man -> men
ShaemusOdonnelly t1_ja6y8rx wrote
Reply to There is no feeling more bittersweet for an athlete than to be cut by a team that immediately goes on to win a championship by Looney_forner
I like Mathias Steiner's Story. He was kicked from the Austriam weightlifting team for poor performance and went on to win gold at the olympics for Germany in the same year he got his German citizenship.
jmpires t1_ja6y812 wrote
Reply to comment by 254LEX in All the drinking glasses in the world are technically always full and have never been anything less than full. by Few-Opportunity-5196
I’d say a glass is full when it overflows upon adding more fluid
StarkillerSystem t1_ja6y6gz wrote
Reply to comment by pikknz in People that can't work out how to get the L on their forehead the right way are the real losers, or neuro divergent. by pikknz
Honestly, when it comes to the L on your forehead bit, I can't figure out if the L is supposed to face you, or the other person, lol
pikknz OP t1_ja6xxy3 wrote
Reply to comment by cathattaque in People that can't work out how to get the L on their forehead the right way are the real losers, or neuro divergent. by pikknz
No people doing the L symbol are calling people losers, der.
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pikknz OP t1_ja6xwk2 wrote
Reply to comment by StarkillerSystem in People that can't work out how to get the L on their forehead the right way are the real losers, or neuro divergent. by pikknz
I find it difficult.
pikknz OP t1_ja6xvx2 wrote
Reply to comment by Helios4242 in People that can't work out how to get the L on their forehead the right way are the real losers, or neuro divergent. by pikknz
No, I was doing the opposite. I am neuro divergent.
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TimeTravelMishap t1_ja6xtdx wrote
Reply to comment by Chrisnolliedelves in Sully from Monsters Inc. potentially revolutionized his entire society with his discovery. by [deleted]
His next shower thought is gonna be Tom Hanks might have gotten off the island in Castaway
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whyvswhynot12089 t1_ja6x8tr wrote
Reply to comment by AxialGem in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man
Those words aren't exactly a beacon of clarity either...but I see more problems happening with the word "human"....because it's not just a noun. Words like "Sheep" and "barman" are just nouns, so it's easy enough to just add an article to clarify the difference, between plural and singular.
Example sentence: "If it was human/humen."
If you're just listening and the person has an accent or lacks perfect diction....It's impossible to tell if they're talking about the quality of being human or "humans" plural.
heiscursed t1_ja6x4xf wrote
Reply to comment by Chrisnolliedelves in Sully from Monsters Inc. potentially revolutionized his entire society with his discovery. by [deleted]
Do the same laws and regulations that applied towards human children still apply in the end? I’m not sure if it’s said or not but it’s just a thought.
Chrisnolliedelves t1_ja6wwxw wrote
Reply to Sully from Monsters Inc. potentially revolutionized his entire society with his discovery. by [deleted]
"Potentially"
He straight up did. Power was derived from a whole new emotional source which requires a different skill set to extract. This power source is also 10 times more potent than the previous power source. The factory that once trained it's workers in horror and fear now trains in entertainment and comedy. Waternoose's crimes and conspiracies were laid bare to the public and scream energy would never be trusted again.
This is a base-level reading of the film's ending, not a shower thought.
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