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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

English is three languages wearing a trench coat and pretending to be one.

[Off topic:]

I just now realized that the word “trench” is in “trench coat”.

[…] heavy-duty fabric,[1] originally developed for British Army officers before the First World War, and becoming popular while used in the trenches, hence the name trench coat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_coat

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't get it - what about "trench" being in "trench coat" ..?

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

In my mind, “trench coat” was always a single word. I never noticed that it is two words, one of them being trench, as in war infrastructure. It was interesting to find that out.