WanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1917arrow-down16
arrow-up1911arrow-down1imageWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldWanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareweps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 days agoI guess Melania has some Slovenian .si domains to sell the country she immigrated from
minus-squareweps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoimmigration is the trigger word doesn’t have to be right
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoArguably either? She came from there, but she still came here.
minus-squareNeverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoShe emmigrated from Slovenia and immigrated to US. Same motion, different frame of reference.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day 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-up1·6 hours agoI wish they were both grated into a very fine powder
I guess Melania has some Slovenian .si domains to sell
the country she immigrated from
*emmigrated
immigration is the trigger word
doesn’t have to be right
Arguably either? She came from there, but she still came here.
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