• dafo@lemmy.world
      131·
      1 year ago

      English is an inferior language because it does not combine words into one when it would make sense to do so to avoid confusion.

      Change my mind.

      • fl42v@lemmy.ml
        5·
        1 year ago

        They use dashes, which is more readable (“self-sufficient”, and similar stuff), although idk if that’s what you meant

        • dafo@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          I’ve been trying to think of an example, the only one I could think of is “assault rifle”. In Swedish, where we contract words, it would be “assaultrifle”, so it’s clear you’re not encouraging someone to beat up a rifle.