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minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoMore to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoBecause language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird. Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoLanguage can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoBrain surgery…? It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?
More to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
Because language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird.
Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
Language can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
Brain surgery…?
It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?
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