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minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoprobably also helps that acetaminophen is one of the shorter words in the language
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoMost Germanic-derived words in German are either shorter than that or they are compound words, which English has as well, just with spaces. Latin-derived words in German aren’t much longer than Latin-derived words in English.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah it’s one of the shorter words in whatever sentence it’s used!
probably also helps that
acetaminophenis one of the shorter words in the languageMost Germanic-derived words in German are either shorter than that or they are compound words, which English has as well, just with spaces. Latin-derived words in German aren’t much longer than Latin-derived words in English.
Yeah it’s one of the shorter words in whatever sentence it’s used!