Re:Ask YC: Why the degree?
by hhm on Saturday May 24, 2008 @04:55PM
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"Autodidacta" is the most common way to say "self-taught" in Spanish.
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I love how English is quite happy to absorb new words, even if the English speakers only know a subset!
Back in school, we were warned about "faux amis", words which sound like they'd be right to an English speaker, but very much out of place to a native French speaker. I think in English we'd just accept any and all alternative meanings and let context sort it out, who's up for some creative reading?