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Magdalena
What is the meaning of ''put paid to niceties like gender''
in this excerpt?
According to one theory, when the next wave of invaders, the Scandinavians, arrived, the Anglo-Saxons strove to converse with them in a simple ‘creolised’ English which put paid to niceties like gender. This picture of stumbling inter-racial dialogue has obvious charms, but Burchfield firmly squashes it. How the Anglo-Saxons lost their grammar is just another secret hidden in the pre-Edisonian silence.
Thank you :)
2018年12月13日 19:20
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put paid means to terminate or to cancel, so in this context it would be something like "...which ended niceties like gender."
Hope this helps.
2018年12月13日
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definition of a creole
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creole_language a language that eventually develops after a period of pidgeon conversation and interaction.
a creole person is of mixed race heritage half European and half Black african especially in the caribbean
or half Spanish and european especially in the caribbean
2018年12月13日
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This is interesting because I've never heard put paid to before but...think of it like this
Put paid to niceties like gender
Put paid to: Cancel
Niceties: A specific detail/observation of social behavior
Like gender: Such as female - male behavior
Put paid to niceties like gender - To cancel details of social behavior between men and women
To cancel their differences or treat them equally in a grammatical or societal sense.
2018年12月13日
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