WanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1972arrow-down111
arrow-up1961arrow-down1imageWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldWanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareweps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoI guess Melania has some Slovenian .si domains to sell the country she immigrated from
minus-squareweps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoimmigration is the trigger word doesn’t have to be right
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoArguably either? She came from there, but she still came here.
minus-squareNeverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoShe emmigrated from Slovenia and immigrated to US. Same motion, different frame of reference.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoBut as descriptive linguistics, you can say she immigrated to America from Slovenia. So she immigrated from Slovenia. Nobody in America is likely to call her a “Slovenian emigrant.”
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI wish they were both grated into a very fine powder
I guess Melania has some Slovenian .si domains to sell
the country she immigrated from
*emmigrated
immigration is the trigger word
doesn’t have to be right
Arguably either? She came from there, but she still came here.
She emmigrated from Slovenia and immigrated to US. Same motion, different frame of reference.
But as descriptive linguistics, you can say she immigrated to America from Slovenia. So she immigrated from Slovenia. Nobody in America is likely to call her a “Slovenian emigrant.”
just migrated
I wish they were both grated into a very fine powder