• Enkrod@feddit.org
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        Português do Brasil is a thing and distinctive but not independent of Portuguese

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          yeah, i meant its not a language, and i thought by “not a thing” on a reply to a comment talking about languages, the “thing” could be understood as “language”

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      I once saw a language selector with two Chinese flags for “Chinese (traditional)” and “Chinese (simplified)” and also, with the British and American flags, “English (traditional)” and “English (simplified)”. That got a good chuckle out of me.

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        English doesn’t “borrow” from other languages: it follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar and valuable vocabulary.

        James Nicoll