Nakamotto to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agoThis meme is good. Is not it?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1425
arrow-up1425imageThis meme is good. Is not it?i.imgur.comNakamotto to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-square@OpenmindedskepticlinkEnglish11•10 months agoThat’s because people got their words all mixed up. Back in the day, “is not it” would absolutely be the normal way to phrase “isn’t it.” It sounds weird today of course.
minus-square@idiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilink2•7 months agoI know this is a really old post, but “is it not” is also the formulation in other Germanic languages, so we can assume that it was the same formulation in old Germanic.
That’s because people got their words all mixed up. Back in the day, “is not it” would absolutely be the normal way to phrase “isn’t it.”
It sounds weird today of course.
I know this is a really old post, but “is it not” is also the formulation in other Germanic languages, so we can assume that it was the same formulation in old Germanic.