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minus-squareThunderWhiskers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·22 days agoTraditionally you hire people, not objects.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-222 days agoIt’s chiefly a UK usage of the word. And happy cake day!
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days agoSo language is this funny thing that organic creatures do. And organic creatures, being organic, change over time. So too does the things they do
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 days agoIn sweden you can hire the right to live in a building. “Hyresrätt” = “Rental apartment”
Traditionally you hire people, not objects.
It’s chiefly a UK usage of the word. And happy cake day!
So language is this funny thing that organic creatures do. And organic creatures, being organic, change over time. So too does the things they do
Not at all true, though.
In sweden you can hire the right to live in a building. “Hyresrätt” = “Rental apartment”