POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoWhat's your favorite unbelievable fact?message-squaremessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
arrow-up1151arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite unbelievable fact?POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square188fedilink
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agoFor some reason that reminds me of how the first member of the Wampanoag tribe to greet the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, named Samoset, spoke to them in English. Then he came back later with another tribe member, Squanto, who also spoke English.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoForever establishing American expectations when traveling overseas.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoisn’t english just the crab language that spontaneously comes into existence if given enough time?
For some reason that reminds me of how the first member of the Wampanoag tribe to greet the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, named Samoset, spoke to them in English. Then he came back later with another tribe member, Squanto, who also spoke English.
Forever establishing American expectations when traveling overseas.
isn’t english just the crab language that spontaneously comes into existence if given enough time?