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I am begging academics to use normal words (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml to c/history@hexbear.net

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Oppobrium? Latifundium? Bellicose? Effete? Really? What the fuck is wrong with these people. These words are like paragraphs apart

Edit: just read the term "professional-cum-technocratic ethos" this shit is not normal and the author should be ashamed

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[–] joaomarrom@hexbear.net 35 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I love how some Latin-based words are fancy and complicated in English while being totally normal in Romance languages. In Portuguese, Latifúndio is like a basic word everybody uses when discussing agribusiness. Same goes for plenty of medical stuff. English speakers go to the ENT if their throat hurts. We go to the otolaryngologist, otorrinolaringologista or just otorrino.

[–] CarsAndComrades@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

One of my co-workers writes "initiate" instead of "start," I guess to sound more official

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