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0 pointsseszett9y ago0 comments

> I know of no other language that invented new words [...] when RNA splicing was discovered (Épissage)

Well épissage is not a new word just like splicing was not a new word.

Épisser is joining two ropes together by weaving their strands. That's sailor language, not some new word invented to spite the English.

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Naga9y ago

Yeah, it's a strange complaint since in English word the word for joining two ropes is also splicing.

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0 pointsseszett9y ago0 comments

> I know of no other language that invented new words [...] when RNA splicing was discovered (Épissage)

Well épissage is not a new word just like splicing was not a new word.

Épisser is joining two ropes together by weaving their strands. That's sailor language, not some new word invented to spite the English.

Naga9y ago

Yeah, it's a strange complaint since in English word the word for joining two ropes is also splicing.

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