x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoPeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?message-squaremessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarePeople who started learning a second language, how has it made you aware how broken English is ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square128fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI honestly wasn’t aware naïve had a dieresis in English. I mean, it makes complete sense for it to have one in languages that use them, but I wasn’t aware it was a loanword (from French or Normand, I assume).
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt’s from french although naive is also a valid spelling.
I honestly wasn’t aware naïve had a dieresis in English.
I mean, it makes complete sense for it to have one in languages that use them, but I wasn’t aware it was a loanword (from French or Normand, I assume).
It’s from french although naive is also a valid spelling.