Nakamotto@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThis meme is good. Is not it?i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down132
arrow-up1393arrow-down1external-linkThis meme is good. Is not it?i.imgur.comNakamotto@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareOpenmindedskeptic@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year 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-squareidiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.