Listened to @timnitGebru on AI this week — e.g. here: https://techwontsave.us/episode/151_dont_fall_for_the_ai_hype_w_timnit_gebru — and thought:

Funny how, in Semitic languages like Tigrinya, not only can verbs "become" nouns—nouns can also “become” verbs. This results in beautiful proverbs like: በዓል ሓድሽ መተርኣስ፡ ኣብ መገዲ ይተርኣስ። (~ “The owner of a new pillow even ‘pillows’ while on the go.”) to emphasise overuse of novel things (same root; sounds pretty snappy).

Sadly, Indogermanic languages can’t quite pull this off with the same elegance.
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