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minus-squareKraiden@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up86arrow-down1·1 day agoI always thought it was a pluralisation of “new” as in what are the new things I should know about, or what are the “news”
minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·1 day agoyah that’s pretty much it, it comes from middle english newys which means “new things”
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agothat feels like a slur for some reason
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·20 hours agoi’m now starting a movement to say “newies” instead of “news”
minus-squareඞmir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·19 hours agoNewies sounds so much more fun, why did we change it to news :(
I always thought it was a pluralisation of “new” as in what are the new things I should know about, or what are the “news”
yah that’s pretty much it, it comes from middle english newys which means “new things”
that feels like a slur for some reason
i’m now starting a movement to say “newies” instead of “news”
Newies sounds so much more fun, why did we change it to news :(
Australia didn’t yet exist
No that can’t be it