@wordsatwork: What happens when a word appears in the same language twice? #language #linguistics #english #french #greek #sanskrit #oldenglish #etymology #fyp

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dillowdrowned
💔𝔇𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴💔 :
are royal and regal the same deal as loyal/legal? so would it be something like regalis?
2023-01-03 04:16:03
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tgn313
tgn313 :
In Spanish there is the issue of false friends. A word in English and Spanish that share a common root but no longer have a common definition.
2022-12-30 17:29:52
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hollywoodf1
Hollywood F1 :
I heard chief and chef were in this category.
2022-12-30 03:57:20
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dkajfknwtkwnfknwk
jh :
you know i had to doublet
2022-12-30 13:18:17
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saunteronover
Ryan :
My favorites are terrible/terrific or awesome/awful being being so clearly the same origin despite very opposite meanings now
2022-12-30 02:47:13
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dennisdelicado
Dennis D. (ela/they) :
u know so much it’s attractive omfg
2022-12-30 03:05:11
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tokukyn
Toku Kyn :
These are my favorite to explain! A lot of people have no idea about borrowed words!
2022-12-30 01:53:16
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tgn313
tgn313 :
The problem is that the Spanish speaker will use the word expressing the English definition.
2022-12-30 17:32:34
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_domass__
Hmmm :
@Denis Luiz uma versão gringa sua, gostei haha
2022-12-30 02:48:14
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redpoloshirt
🫠 :
Make this a series pls
2023-01-01 06:12:44
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salute_vii
Jack R. M. :
fascism and fajita are doublets
2022-12-31 09:31:59
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inallthebestpossibleways
inallthebestpossibleways :
This tickles my autism. Thanks brah (this message brought you in part by: tequila)
2022-12-30 04:06:50
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slowking
Chris🌸 :
I think my favorite set of doublets is bodega, boutique, and apothecary. Like boutique and bodega on a surface level make sense, but apothecary just
2022-12-30 16:39:13
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dingusliquor
hughjanus :
Hotel and Hostel are both from french at different points. One before they dropped the S and one after.
2023-01-08 08:28:53
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urdalydose
urdalydose :
Griff I’m learning so much from u
2023-01-19 23:23:33
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plarnston
plarn :
this makes sense
2023-01-03 12:20:26
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exuberance11
Precious Things ✨️ :
thank you 🥰
2022-12-30 04:15:55
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deafrn
user7350466446560 :
My favorite swear is bumblefuck….. borrowed? 😂🤣😂
2022-12-30 02:18:08
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sydpea12
Sydney :
In biology this is divergent evolution
2023-01-03 03:01:35
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flawed024
FLAWED😑 :
science and shit 😂
2022-12-31 04:59:36
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truedeer
dana r. :
low and ecclesiastical. i am being fully serious. i don’t know if these are doublets, but they’re related.
2023-01-04 02:00:28
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tgn313
tgn313 :
Embarrassed---humiliated Embarazada ---- pregnant Bizarre---weird Bizarro---courageous
2022-12-30 17:31:23
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aaaaaaaaa :
shire and county, but both descend from PIE as their most common ancestor i believe
2023-01-08 19:23:13
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deanturn
deano :
super interesting as well because we tend to the think words from latin and french are more high-brow than the germanic words
2023-01-11 01:58:19
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keseburg2
keseburg2 :
or the bullshit that is Arkansas vs Kansas being the same word
2022-12-30 04:38:00
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deafrn
user7350466446560 :
Griff
2023-08-31 03:20:00
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deafrn
user7350466446560 :
So good to see you again! I have a question about the captions. This is for normal TikTok users… What type of captions are you using? Because the
2023-08-31 03:20:50
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taymarfra
taylor :
most of these actually make sense tho, or are at least related, so not completely different! (love your videos so so much btw!!)
2023-12-01 05:13:32
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satoruldin
A :
Ward - guard, yard - garden, warranty - guarantee, car - chariot, canal - channel
2024-03-03 23:54:23
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