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minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI mean English is sorta the science lingua franca so I imagine most of the technical words would be lone words if they showed up in a paper first.
minus-squareAgrivar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months ago*loan words, as they were loaned to the language in question.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI interpreted it as meaning lone words as in only a few here and there.
minus-squareDarkmoon_UK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoYou’re too generous 😅
I mean English is sorta the science lingua franca so I imagine most of the technical words would be lone words if they showed up in a paper first.
*loan words, as they were loaned to the language in question.
I interpreted it as meaning lone words as in only a few here and there.
You’re too generous 😅