Sure, but many of those words for specialised doctors came to English through French, not directly from Latin or Greek. And I don’t think that you can reasonably argue that English words with French origins aren’t by now a native part of the language. We use many of the same names in Dutch too, coming from French loanwords.
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“ear-nose-throat” is commonly used in English.
And it kind of is like the medical field popped into existence in the 1700s.
Only stuff that starts off heavier than lead, and even then not everything, some decay chains stop at thallium instead. Cobalt, with atomic number 27, won’t ever become lead, with 55 more protons.
Nickel is not extremely edible lol
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.world•Perovskite-based image sensors promise higher sensitivity and resolution than siliconEnglish3·17 days agoThere have been some improvements but their poor stability is still the biggest problem yeah
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.world•Perovskite-based image sensors promise higher sensitivity and resolution than siliconEnglish3·17 days agoFor many kinds of them, yes, but not literally all
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Who remembers alt.fan.tonya.harding.whack.whack.whack ?12·17 days agoReally recommend listening to the “you’re wrong about” episode about her
That’s exactly what it is
Those people don’t exist, they are just an excuse for you to be cruel
but even if we had enough of that, there’d still be mentally ill people and drug addicts that would prefer to live on the street
How about we get there first and then you can hand wring about any of these supposed people who are left?
I get what you’re saying but you couldn’t have chosen a worse example… Like yeah absolutely fuck Churchill lol, he’s a huge part of the reason why we’re in this mess with Israel now
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO says4·25 days agoNo, they care about every little drop of blood they can suck
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Due to American politics I'm afraid of using high speed rail in Germany71·26 days agoHeh, “high speed”.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto Privacy@lemmy.ml•“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.18·27 days agoThat is still what we do with criminals
Haha
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•Trump says Musk will face 'very serious consequences' if he funds Democratic candidates -NBC News2·30 days agoHe often lets stuff slip straight from the id tbh
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•Could You Prove You’re a Citizen? For Americans wrongfully detained by ICE, it can be nearly impossible to escape.51·30 days agothen it should be good enough for ICE
How embarrassing for you that you still think they give a fuck about what would be proof or not lol
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•Could You Prove You’re a Citizen? For Americans wrongfully detained by ICE, it can be nearly impossible to escape.8·30 days agoNor do you in most countries. Generally, a passport is the most authoritative form of identification.
French remained influential in the courts, higher education, and elite society long after it stopped being the “official” language. That last part is totally right.