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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 04-Aug-2023 15:40:40 JST clacke

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   /via a discussion about the below exchange:

   >>>>> The 'cuttle' in 'cuttlefish comes from the Old English word cudele, meaning 'cuttlefish'

   
   >>>> *sets entire english language on fire*

   >>> Thereby showing that the phenomenon that gave use gems like “PIN number” and “ATM machine” (also known as the self-demonstrating RAS syndrome, i.e. “redundant acronym syndrome syndrome”) is actually age-old 😀.

   >> This is fantastic

   > In french, the very innocent word “aujourd’hui’, (=“today”), litterally means “the day of hui”, “hui” being an old word for “today”. It’s just like we’d say : “todayday”

   > This becomes hilarious when you think it’s pretty common to say “au jour d’aujourd’hui”, which can be translated by “the day of the day of today.”

   > French people really trying hard to live in the present.

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