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minus-squareKraiden@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up84arrow-down1·19 hours 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-up61·18 hours agoyah that’s pretty much it, it comes from middle english newys which means “new things”
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 minutes agothat feels like a slur for some reason
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 hours agoi’m now starting a movement to say “newies” instead of “news”
minus-squareඞmir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 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”
No that can’t be it
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