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Re:Turkish language has a gossip tense by hliyan on Sunday October 13, 2024 @09:40AM (#41827949)
My native language (Sinhalese) has this too. One just adds the suffix "-loo" to the end of any sentence and it becomes hearsay.
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Re:Turkish language has a gossip tense by nsenifty on Sunday October 13, 2024 @11:53AM (#41829046)
Same in Kannada, a South Indian language. You prefix "-ante" (roughly, _it is said_) and you can disown everything you say.
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