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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by vinay427 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @02:58PM (#20698788)
The "real" N-word is also similar to or identical to today's equivalents in Germanic languages (e.g. German, Dutch).
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by lowdose on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @04:46PM (#20699782)
Also in Dutch you can't use the equivalent anymore. People of color take offense by it.
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by legacynl on Thursday August 15, 2019 @05:34AM (#20703802)
They have always taken offense to it, we just used to not care.
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by OJFord on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @04:53PM (#20699840)
It has a totally different meaning, but one that makes it much more common ('no but', iirc), so I had quite a surprise arriving at a Mandarin lesson one day!
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by carlmr on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @04:37PM (#20699687)
At least in German it's not used anymore, since it sounds similar enough to the English version everybody knows.
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Re:Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K by vinay427 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @05:13PM (#20699998)
Right, sorry, I live in a German-speaking place so I'm aware. I was just trying to add that this form of it is far from unique to English and Latin.
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