WanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agoWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1939arrow-down111
arrow-up1928arrow-down1imageWhat'd he say?lemmy.worldWanderWisley@lemmy.world to simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squareweps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoimmigration is the trigger word doesn’t have to be right
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoArguably either? She came from there, but she still came here.
minus-squareNeverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoShe emmigrated from Slovenia and immigrated to US. Same motion, different frame of reference.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days 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-up1·3 days agoI wish they were both grated into a very fine powder
*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