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    Polly (awitchandherdog@writing.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 15:51:33 JST Polly Polly

    I find it wild that English straight up borrowed a pronoun, 'they', from Old Norse. How often does that happen? Sure, pronouns aren't a closed class in many languages, but they definitely are in Indo-European! Are there any other Indo-European languages that have done this?

    #etymology #linguistics

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    Posts approved by a wonderful witch and her delightful dog, Polly and Kate.Publishes as Pauline Lee Victoria. She/Her #Writer #Poet #Editor #Esperantist

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