▲ 614 ▼ TIL the word 'lox' (smoked salmon) is the oldest word in the English language- unchanged in meaning and pronunciation for 8,000 years (nautil.us) submitted 2 years ago by NataliePortland@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.world 104 comments fedilink hide all child comments it's also yummy
[–] uienia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago The English language is basically a neglected toddler by linguistic standards, it was left alone in a closet to fend for itself Please stop with those silly linguistic allegories about English made by people who have no idea how other languages works. permalink fedilink source parent