WanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 days agoWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1968arrow-down111
arrow-up1957arrow-down1imageWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldWanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squareNeverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 days agoShe emmigrated from Slovenia and immigrated to US. Same motion, different frame of reference.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·17 days agoBut as descriptive linguistics, you can say she immigrated to America from Slovenia. So she immigrated from Slovenia. Nobody in America is likely to call her a “Slovenian emigrant.”
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoI wish they were both grated into a very fine powder
She emmigrated from Slovenia and immigrated to US. Same motion, different frame of reference.
But as descriptive linguistics, you can say she immigrated to America from Slovenia. So she immigrated from Slovenia. Nobody in America is likely to call her a “Slovenian emigrant.”
just migrated
I wish they were both grated into a very fine powder