to develop.
A pretty normal word in English.
A would just like to lodge a small complaint. I really really strongly dislike the word for develop in Catalan.
I am sorry.
But it is true.
Desenvolupar.
There it is.
BLECH.
Too long, too hard to say, too hard to spell.
Ugly.
Development? Desenvolupament.
A b*tch to spell.
Sorry to all of you Catalans, it is a lovely language. That word though? Blech.
3 comments:
It has a negative sound while develop is a positive concept. Odd.
Seadogk
I think it's one of those words that evolved from others, it looks like it's got a bundle of prefixes. Still ugly though.
Actually, I don't think it evolved that much. In French, it comes from Old French "desveloper", which means "taking something from what it is wrapped around ("enveloppe"). By extension, it ended up being associated with transformation and evolution. So the Catalan verb seems pretty close to the "taking something out of its shell" original and literal meaning.
Still sounds pretty odd, though. But I guess you have the explanation now :).
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