Alan

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[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 I don't disagree, there's a lot of redundancy in American English. I'm just tired of reading condescending takes from Europeans on here, especially Brits. Apologies for being rude in my original message, you've been pleasantly civil.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 By the same argument, why is back needed in the first example? "He arrived on horse" is just as clear, no? I'd wager a lot of American English is remnants of British English that they later changed and we didn't.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 Quite literally came from The English themselves. Much like "soccer" as a name being mocked by Europeans despite the term having been invented by the English.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Daveisanangel @____MC94 @JackDunc1 And it's a distinction the English people created. Arrogance + ignorance is a wild combination.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Daveisanangel @____MC94 @JackDunc1 Your inability to read is incredible. As I already said, the term "horse riding" was used to refer to multiple things, regardless of how much sense you think it makes. Language exists to be understood, additional context, like "back," was added to clarify to the listener.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 Horse riding has historically been used to refer to many different things including being on the horse itself and in a carriage or other vehicle behind it. Back was added to distinguish the specific experience. Also sometimes to distinguish saddle and bareback separately.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Daveisanangel @____MC94 @JackDunc1 "Horse riding" would have been ambiguous to listeners because it referred to on the horses back, or in a carriage or other object pulled by the horse. The point of language is to be understood, the more specific description addressed that. Once again, you look stupid.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@DDtrack4 @____MC94 Motorbikes, carriages, sleighs, atvs, bicycles. Think for like half a second.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Butterlegs_ @____MC94 Crazy how people choose to be stupid when information is free. We have many different things we ride, horseback clarifies between carriage, sleigh, motorbike, ATV, etc. if you say "I'm going out riding" nobody knows what you mean, defeating the point of language.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Daveisanangel @____MC94 @JackDunc1 The tiniest bit of research would make you look less stupid. It's called horseback riding because other forms of riding existed, such as in a carriage, on a sleigh, on a cart, or other animals. Crazy how language evolved ways to distinguish similar things huh?

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@chinuaaaa @ryanbuss19 Basketball isn't even biggest sport in america. You just fall for engagement bait by morons on twitter.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@anikashaily @xxfw1da Wasting your breath on stupid people who are engagement farming.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@pedriiitis He's just happy to be here 😊

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Cryptlowani @MichaelShanks Amazon owns the rights. They can't shop it around.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@JeffFcb14 Gordi es de La Masía 💀

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@maveriikplaydrt @Jooonaathhann @Carl_M79 10 seconds on Google would tell you you're wrong. 15 of the 30 stadiums use real grass. Which is half. Which is what I said.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Jooonaathhann @Carl_M79 Also no, it's about half. Half the NFL is real grass half use AstroTurf.

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Jooonaathhann @Carl_M79 Did you read what I said? Me: this is real grass. You: you misunderstood, this is real grass. ?????

[Alan @MechaCuler]

@Jooonaathhann @Carl_M79 Sod is not fake grass. You're thinking of astroturf. This is real grass, they roll it out early enough that it can grow together from the pre-cut squares you're seeing.