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minus-squareiltoroargentolink89•7 days agoI particularly like “nature fag”. It was definitely one of my favorite subjects in school.
minus-square@FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink30•6 days agoTaking a wild guess fag, is related to german Fach, which means “branch, subject (especially used for school/academic subject)” Wait doesn’t the english “faggot” also mean sticks? Perhaps thats linked to the “branch/subject” “Fach/Fag” in german/norweigen.
minus-square@pmklink3•5 days agoIt’s interesting to see the consonants follow a pattern like this. In swedish it’s fack, with a harder k-sound, and many words are like this comparing germanic words.
I particularly like “nature fag”. It was definitely one of my favorite subjects in school.
Taking a wild guess
fag, is related to german Fach, which means “branch, subject (especially used for school/academic subject)”
Wait doesn’t the english “faggot” also mean sticks? Perhaps thats linked to the “branch/subject” “Fach/Fag” in german/norweigen.
Yep! That’s exactly right.
It’s interesting to see the consonants follow a pattern like this. In swedish it’s fack, with a harder k-sound, and many words are like this comparing germanic words.