(non-native speaker)

Is there a reason why the English language has “special” words for a specific topic, like related to court (plaintiff, defendant, warrant, litigation), elections/voting (snap election, casting a ballot)?

And in other cases seems lazy, like firefighter, firetruck, homelessness (my favorite), mother-in-law, newspaper.

  • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    4 months ago

    Because English is half a dozen languages wrapped in a trenchcoat?

    A language is not its vocabulary; that’s like pretending that the critter is just its fur.

    English vocabulary is from multiple sources, but that is not exactly unique or special.