[op00to]

“Latinate” vs “Saxon” is a word-origin story, not two languages. etymology doesn’t equal meaning. His pairs aren’t true synonyms anyway: “terminate a contract” vs “end a movie,” “encounter errors” vs “meet a friend,” “manufacture cars” vs “make dinner.” That’s normal register, not a second tongue. And lots of everyday English doesn’t fit cleanly in either bucket, so the two-bucket premise falls apart.

[ethan_smith]

Linguists would call this "register variation" or "diglossia" rather than bilingualism - a phenomenon found in virtually all languages where speakers shift vocabulary and syntax based on social context.

[cjohnson318]

It's just a clever title. The article immediately walks the thesis back, and then relates some trivia about English. Five minute read, three stars.

[curionymous]

> It's just a clever title.

Also known as clickbaits

[cjohnson318]

Yeah, well, I was trying to be generous.