▲ 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
[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) So, the post is incorrect then? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No. English is only around 1400 years old, so it's a given that the word was introduced from somewhere else. It's just surprising that it took well over a thousand years before it finally was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago No. English is only around 1400 years old, so it's a given that the word was introduced from somewhere else. It's just surprising that it took well over a thousand years before it finally was. permalink fedilink source parent