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> In that sentence, the article hasn't defined hieratic or quotidian I suspect the author is a native French speaker? Where "quotidien" is an every-day word.
by statstutor 6y ago
> In that sentence, the article hasn't defined hieratic or quotidian
I suspect the author is a native French speaker? Where "quotidien" is an every-day word.
- JumpCrisscross 6y agoIt’s also a non-archaic English word.
- statstutor 6y agoMy point is that there is a difference that creates a category of error in bilingual speakers. French speakers are likely to use the word fairly commonly; whereas, people with English as their first language are unlikely to know it. So, via translation, the readability level has changed considerably.
- kragen 6y agoYeah, my girlfriend—a native Spanish speaker—was astounded when I told her most English speakers didn't know the word "quotidian", although its calque "everyday" is quotidian.