▲ 139 ▼ Why words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific? (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago by opalescent@lemmy.zip to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago Because you have the important words before you come into contact with another culture. You only borrow words you lack permalink fedilink source