(non-native speaker)

Is there a reason why the English language has “special” words for a specific topic, like related to court (plaintiff, defendant, warrant, litigation), elections/voting (snap election, casting a ballot)?

And in other cases seems lazy, like firefighter, firetruck, homelessness (my favorite), mother-in-law, newspaper.

  • cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
    5·
    2 years ago

    Can someone explain why a job application called “resume”, like in Play/Pause/Resume?

    How is it relevant?

    (I’m learning English as second language).

    Edit: So we’re speaking French now? What? Why? You guys butchered so many words already, can you just made up one more?

    Ps: Is that also the case with the word “fiancé”? I’ve been wondering where the hell did that “é” came from.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      2 years ago

      Because it’s actually supposed to be spelled résumé, being a word borrowed from the French

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      As part of a job application, it’s called a résumé (reh-zuh-may).

      To continue playing something, it’s resume (ruh-zoom).

    • Lemmeenym@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      The job application one should be pronounced with a long a as the second e. Despite the last e not being silent the u is still elongated. It’s a recent adoption from French. Even though they are spelled the same the two words are unrelated.