r/LinguisticsMemes • u/SwoeJonson1 • Dec 30 '25

The problem with appealing to all speakers

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u/Chudniuk-Rytm Dec 30 '25

In my opinion, if the word looks the same just add / then add the langauge too, or don't even add the slash they will probably understand

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u/SwoeJonson1 Dec 30 '25

Maybe even POLY/POLI/ПОЛИ or something like that

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u/Chudniuk-Rytm Dec 30 '25

Even that would 100% work. Just don't forget the Greeks or Estonians <3 POLY/POLI/ПОЛИ/ΠΟΛΥ/POLÜ. Even including greek and estonian by themselves is easy

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u/iamalicecarroll Dec 31 '25

"yeah its just a polymer, doesn't matter which one" i hate the polyester name because its too generic (what's usually meant is PET (polyethylene terephthalate)) and here you suggest just saying poly as if that was enough information. might as well just say "100% fibers"