For example, in English the word right (opposite of left) and right (privileges, as in human rights) are homonyms. In Spanish, derecho/a also means both of those things. Don’t the concepts behind those words predate the cross-pollination of the two languages? Why do they share this homonym quality?

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    As an Arabic speaker, our graphs also go from left to right. That said for some reason our number are written from left to right for some reason.