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Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle

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[โ€“] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 3 months ago

My thighs are forlorn

[โ€“] OpenStars@discuss.online 24 points 3 months ago

Truth ๐Ÿ’ฏ

[โ€“] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 months ago

This one is a treasure

[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I appreciate the use of forlorn, which stems from Dutch verloren (lost, abandoned).

[โ€“] jxk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is a pet peeve of mine, but no. All three words forlorn (English), verloren (Dutch), and verloren (German) have the same origin, but none derive from another.

[โ€“] cosmoscoffee@feddit.org 6 points 3 months ago

If I remember correctly, words that are basically linguistic cousins are called cognates

[โ€“] VitaminF@feddit.org 8 points 3 months ago

*German. Dutch is a fake language.

[โ€“] kernelle@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I am trapped under the warmth of the creature, I would betray its* trust by moving