• Threeme2189@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I don’t know how to say “boot” but for cars, in english. But you get the gist

    That’s easy, it’s pronounced “Trunk”

    Edit: It was a joke!

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      14 hours ago

      No I mean to… start ? start a car ? that sounds too simple,… but I don’t want to look in the dictionary

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        I think this is kind of on the edge of definition. Historically, you’d say “start” a car, but these days with cars practically being computers…I dunno. Hell, my car is just always on. I just get in and go, I don’t “start” it at all. Occasionally, it has an issue and I have to manually reboot it, so…

        As a native English speaker, my answer is: I don’t know, it depends.

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              2 hours ago

              Thanks I do appreciate it. Once in a while I stumble upon a combination of noun+verb that I’ve seldom (or never) encountered in the wild and I just stand there confused (because it’s so trivial!)

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                15 minutes ago

                Of course! Also, I absolutely feel it, I’m learning a second language right now and it’s really opened my eyes to the utter weirdness of English, and more so just language in general