Nakamotto@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前This meme is good. Is not it?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down133
arrow-up1392arrow-down1imageThis meme is good. Is not it?i.imgur.comNakamotto@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前message-square40fedilink
minus-squareOpenmindedskeptic@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 年前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.
minus-squareidiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前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.
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.