why am i bothering to learn dutch when there’s still so many english words i don’t understand. like “bolster” or “acumen” or “percolate”
Don’t worry, no one knows the meanings of those words. We just pretend we do to look smarter.
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erasa-with-an-e said: (I’m a native English speaker and I’ve never even heard those words. what)
burnbuster said: I don’t think we even use those words often enough. Maybe bolster.
mroldguy said: Bolster means strengthen, Acumen means good at decision making, percolate means to gradually filter. But really, like, none of those words will matter anyway, unless you’re going to start writing.
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nihilagis said: Because you suck.
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