▲ 814 ▼ What would you even do with 25 Mangoes? (feddit.de) submitted 2 years ago by Oiconomia@feddit.de to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] swnt@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Who writes mangoes instead of simply mangos? I never knew some people write it differently permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago mangoes where he pleases permalink fedilink source parent [–] radix@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I accept "mangoes" because of the English rule that nouns that end in a consonant followed by a vowel should be padded with another vowel ("e") before the "-s". Another example I can think of off the top of my head is "heroes", not "heros". However, I also accept "mangos" because it feels right. Wiktionary says "mango" is Portuguese, and I don't know Portuguese, but at least in Spanish you don't pluralize with "-es", just "-s". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Mango doesn't exist in Portuguese. It's written manga, a feminine gendered word, Portuguese being a gendered language. Plural mangas. Doesn't really help, but there's your linguistic TIL. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) My bad. Yeah, it's interesting that we don't seem to know why English calls it "mango" when every other language calls it "manga" or something else ending with the "-a". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago A lot of words in English are mispronounced/misheard/misunderstood words of things that people from the UK didn't recognize during their exploration eras, so they asked the locals and that's what they told everyone it was. Eventually Aussies and Americans inherited these "mistakes". By the time the error was found out everyone was calling it by the wrong name already, so it kinda stuck. Hell i speak Portuguese and when i speak in English i tend to say mangoes instead of mangas, even though the word mango came from the language i speak. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do. Wanna fight about it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swnt@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) As a man, I went away already. Sorry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago I see, he gos away... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago mangoes where he pleases permalink fedilink source parent
[–] radix@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I accept "mangoes" because of the English rule that nouns that end in a consonant followed by a vowel should be padded with another vowel ("e") before the "-s". Another example I can think of off the top of my head is "heroes", not "heros". However, I also accept "mangos" because it feels right. Wiktionary says "mango" is Portuguese, and I don't know Portuguese, but at least in Spanish you don't pluralize with "-es", just "-s". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Mango doesn't exist in Portuguese. It's written manga, a feminine gendered word, Portuguese being a gendered language. Plural mangas. Doesn't really help, but there's your linguistic TIL. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) My bad. Yeah, it's interesting that we don't seem to know why English calls it "mango" when every other language calls it "manga" or something else ending with the "-a". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago A lot of words in English are mispronounced/misheard/misunderstood words of things that people from the UK didn't recognize during their exploration eras, so they asked the locals and that's what they told everyone it was. Eventually Aussies and Americans inherited these "mistakes". By the time the error was found out everyone was calling it by the wrong name already, so it kinda stuck. Hell i speak Portuguese and when i speak in English i tend to say mangoes instead of mangas, even though the word mango came from the language i speak. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Mango doesn't exist in Portuguese. It's written manga, a feminine gendered word, Portuguese being a gendered language. Plural mangas. Doesn't really help, but there's your linguistic TIL. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) My bad. Yeah, it's interesting that we don't seem to know why English calls it "mango" when every other language calls it "manga" or something else ending with the "-a". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago A lot of words in English are mispronounced/misheard/misunderstood words of things that people from the UK didn't recognize during their exploration eras, so they asked the locals and that's what they told everyone it was. Eventually Aussies and Americans inherited these "mistakes". By the time the error was found out everyone was calling it by the wrong name already, so it kinda stuck. Hell i speak Portuguese and when i speak in English i tend to say mangoes instead of mangas, even though the word mango came from the language i speak. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) My bad. Yeah, it's interesting that we don't seem to know why English calls it "mango" when every other language calls it "manga" or something else ending with the "-a". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago A lot of words in English are mispronounced/misheard/misunderstood words of things that people from the UK didn't recognize during their exploration eras, so they asked the locals and that's what they told everyone it was. Eventually Aussies and Americans inherited these "mistakes". By the time the error was found out everyone was calling it by the wrong name already, so it kinda stuck. Hell i speak Portuguese and when i speak in English i tend to say mangoes instead of mangas, even though the word mango came from the language i speak. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago A lot of words in English are mispronounced/misheard/misunderstood words of things that people from the UK didn't recognize during their exploration eras, so they asked the locals and that's what they told everyone it was. Eventually Aussies and Americans inherited these "mistakes". By the time the error was found out everyone was calling it by the wrong name already, so it kinda stuck. Hell i speak Portuguese and when i speak in English i tend to say mangoes instead of mangas, even though the word mango came from the language i speak. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I do. Wanna fight about it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] swnt@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) As a man, I went away already. Sorry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago I see, he gos away... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] swnt@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) As a man, I went away already. Sorry. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lugal@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago I see, he gos away... permalink fedilink source parent
