Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhy is the word "expat" a thing?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the word "expat" a thing?Magicalus@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down23·1 day agoDo you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down5·1 day agowell when you challenge an opinion you usually offer an alternative opinion.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down19·1 day agoUsually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment. Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·edit-21 day agoi did think about it and it matches my experience. i will read the rest of the thread. Edit: i have now read the rest of the thread. nobody seems to agree and i see no sources.
minus-squareOgmios@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoYou’re looking for a source for the answer to a question so idiotic that it has probably never been asked before in the history of man? You can’t be a real person.
minus-squareWindex007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThey aren’t used interchangeably so this implies a different definition or at least distinct connotations.
Do you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?
well when you challenge an opinion you usually offer an alternative opinion.
Usually. But if the premise is particularly stupid I might choose to prompt the speaker to actually think about what they’ve said for a moment.
Or you could just read any of the numerous other comments here which offer other explanations.
i did think about it and it matches my experience. i will read the rest of the thread.
Edit: i have now read the rest of the thread. nobody seems to agree and i see no sources.
You’re looking for a source for the answer to a question so idiotic that it has probably never been asked before in the history of man?
You can’t be a real person.
They aren’t used interchangeably so this implies a different definition or at least distinct connotations.