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#1

yes, there are homonyms in the English language -
            which allows for puns;
         a concept which many languages do not understand, yet adds humour
to others :wink:

       I've always enjoyed the pun; still do.

       Now, for a bit of English grammar history:
          it's derived from the Latin & Greek - as were the Romantic &
Germanic languages;
             spelling was not initially formalized due to this
conglomeration, so the idea of a dictionary came about;
             Samuel Johnson wrote his formal dictionary;
             then in the 19C, things were still informal, so the idea for
the OxfordEnglishDictionary was formed;
             then Daniel Webster decided to write his dictionary excluding
the niceties in spelling of the OED because he wanted to eliminate 'the
British' from the language :wink:

       BTW - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), & others, had some
interesting bits re. this continual squabble between the British & the
States;
           his Jabberwocky is a gem of a poem.

       Just a bit of trivia for y'all :wink:

#2

      yes, there are homonyms in the English language -
           which allows for puns;
        a concept which many languages do not understand, yet adds humour
to others :wink:

      I've always enjoyed the pun; still do.

      Now, for a bit of English grammar history:
         it's derived from the Latin & Greek - as were the Romantic &
Germanic languages;

the Germanic languages were not derived from Latin and Greek, they are a separate branch of Indo-European. however Germanic languages were also influenced by Latin and then French as English was.

in German people (at least of a certain generation) sometimes say a word derived from Latin and add "in German" - the Latinate word sounds a bit fancy, the German near-equivalent sounds more 'down-to-earth'.

but they don't seem to have our category of 'four-letter words which, btw, are sometimes anglo-saxon (Germanic) words like 'ficken' or 'scheisse'. (there is one word my partner forbids me to say though.)

anyway, yes, language is fun. back to our regularly scheduled OT.

F.