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Here for the dynamics
- Location
- a pocket dimension
- Pronouns
- They/She
i dont speak any other languages but something ive noticed about english, you can basically tell how fancy a word is by whether it sounds german or french
like everyday basic words are germanic. house, dog, eat, drink, help. but then formal fancy versions are french, like residence, canine, consume, assistance
this goes back to the norman conquest in 1066 when french-speaking elites took over england. so for like 300 years you had common people speaking anglo-saxon and the ruling class speaking french. and you can still see it in the language now. the people raising livestock used germanic words (cow, pig, sheep) but when rich people were eating the meat it became french (beef, pork, mutton)
same thing happens with like "buy" vs "purchase" or "start" vs "commence", the germanic word is the normal one and the french word sounds fancier or more official
i think about this way too much probably but its kind of wild that you can trace class divisions from a thousand years ago just by listening to which synonym someone picks
like everyday basic words are germanic. house, dog, eat, drink, help. but then formal fancy versions are french, like residence, canine, consume, assistance
this goes back to the norman conquest in 1066 when french-speaking elites took over england. so for like 300 years you had common people speaking anglo-saxon and the ruling class speaking french. and you can still see it in the language now. the people raising livestock used germanic words (cow, pig, sheep) but when rich people were eating the meat it became french (beef, pork, mutton)
same thing happens with like "buy" vs "purchase" or "start" vs "commence", the germanic word is the normal one and the french word sounds fancier or more official
i think about this way too much probably but its kind of wild that you can trace class divisions from a thousand years ago just by listening to which synonym someone picks