LadyButterflyshe/her to Microblog [email protected]English • 17 days agoHeroeslazysoci.alimagemessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1591
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•16 days ago“Sentinel lymph node examination.” Probably not a word that comes up much day-to-day.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•16 days agoNope, but it does come up if you get tested for breast cancer. Point is, that yacht isn’t a difficult word at all. Especially not if you’re European, since the word for yacht in many European languages is… yacht.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•16 days agotrue, but most European languages will pronounce it “ya-cht” and not… “yot”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•16 days agoI think it’s a Germanic vs. Latin-based thing, since “yacht” is Germanic in origin.
“Sentinel lymph node examination.” Probably not a word that comes up much day-to-day.
Nope, but it does come up if you get tested for breast cancer.
Point is, that yacht isn’t a difficult word at all. Especially not if you’re European, since the word for yacht in many European languages is… yacht.
true, but most European languages will pronounce it “ya-cht” and not… “yot”
I think it’s a Germanic vs. Latin-based thing, since “yacht” is Germanic in origin.