• CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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      I guess you never use these words. They all used to be separate words until people started using them as compound words. It’s not like there is some government committee that decided to make them compound words. People just started doing it and it caught on.

      Email
      Username
      Notebook
      Backyard
      Everybody
      Anyone
      Someone
      Everyday
      Cupboard
      Playground
      Railroad
      Into
      Cannot
      Breakup
      Setup
      Takeover
      Altogether
      Already
      Forever
      Sometimes
      Whenever
      Overtime
      Underground
      Firefighter
      Airport
      Footprint
      Crosswalk
      Skyscraper
      Underwater
      Handshake
      Landmark
      Housekeeper
      Bookstore
      Grandparent
      Hairbrush
      Moonlight
      Sunshine
      Staircase
      Waterfall
      Wheelchair
      Snowflake
      Thunderstorm
      Highway
      Earthquake
      Nighttime
      Afterward
      Birthplace
      Classroom
      Deadline
      Dishwasher
      Doorbell
      Earthbound
      Fingertip
      Grasshopper
      Handshake
      Headphone
      Hometown
      Lifespan
      Notebook
      Overload
      Pancake
      Passport
      Quickstep
      Raincoat
      Schoolhouse
      Showroom
      Starfish
      Teacup
      Uplift
      Waterway
      Backpack
      Battlefield
      Blackboard
      Blueprint
      Bookcase
      Brainstorm
      Breakfast
      Bulldog
      Carport
      Clockwise
      Daydream
      Driftwood
      Fireplace
      Fishtank
      Flowerpot
      Footstep
      Goldmine
      Greenhouse
      Guideline
      Handshake
      Heartbreak
      Horseback
      Jellyfish
      Keyboard
      Lighthouse
      Nightfall
      Overboard
      Playhouse
      Quicksand
      Rattlesnake
      Roadmap
      Seashell
      Sidewalk
      Spotlight
      Springtime
      Stockpile
      Tailspin
      Taskmaster
      Textbook
      Timeline
      Touchdown
      Tugboat
      Underdog
      Workbench
      Windswept
      Workforce

      Ok, I’m done.

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      language is fluid and changes, do you want us to all talk like Shakespeare? (actually on second thought that WOULD be pretty funny)

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        Ironically, Shakespeare invented words all the time—like swagger—and is atleast partly responsible for our pronunciation of words that end in “ed” like “faked” as one syllable instead of two. (Formerly pronounced “fake-id”.) He would often make contractions of such words with an apostrophe to force them to fit his poetic verse. Like “fak’d”. Now we all pronounce words ending is in “ed” with one fewer syllables.

        So this comic’s author is being like Shakespeare! I agree with you. Language is fluid.