• jaschen@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    My mind was blown when my favorite 90s band “Live” was actually the live from “Alive” and not live from " Living".

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      1 year ago

      Stupid question but what’s the difference?

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        1 year ago

        Being alive is just not being dead. Living an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.

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          1 year ago

          And alive is a diphtong < i > (/ai/) and living a short i, right? (I’m not a native speaker if not obvious)