George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽The more you know, the cooler you sound.
Sean Barnes@georgetakei English is such a fascinating language
Antonio M. NoguésSi el inglés es un idioma fascinante (que no lo dudo), entonces imagine cuán fascinante es el español 😜
Dean Johnson@georgetakei Nobody talks about Trumps use of Scott Baio and Gary Busey as psyops agents.
Wizard Bear (💉x8 + 😷)@dtj @georgetakei #Trump and the #MAGA crowd are rightfully afraid of #TaylorSwift. She can get people voting. Baio and Busey can't. #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
Souzou, Inc.@georgetakei If more you know, then cooler you sound!
Tom Bellin 
@souzouinc @georgetakei thanks, yoda!
Jón
David Lejeune@georgetakei just thinking about responding to someone asking if they can bring some friends to an event with 'if more, then merrier!' and how weird that sounds.
Toadman628@georgetakei Gee? I thought it was an issue of pronouncing the "r" in words like FATHER AND CAR?
cqd_sos@georgetakei
That's the so-called adverbial use of the. There are constructions with two comparatives, as detailed above ("the more, the merrier"), but also constructions with only one comparative ("none the wiser") or one superlative ("I like this wine the most").
That's the so-called adverbial use of the. There are constructions with two comparatives, as detailed above ("the more, the merrier"), but also constructions with only one comparative ("none the wiser") or one superlative ("I like this wine the most").
Scott Knowles@georgetakei Thanks. You can replace the word the with if- then to see if it's that the and not other the.
MrCopilot@georgetakei The more I learn, the less I knew.
Cuckoo Man@georgetakei Definitely a learn something new every day moment!!
Jay@georgetakei All of a sudden the use of “da” in Norwegian makes a lot more sense.
Ann EffesFascinating.
Evannakita
Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸@georgetakei For anyone who loves this factoid and wants to learn more about the history of English, try this History of English podcast. It starts way back to the earliest root of English known, Proto-Indo European (before Latin!). Here's the official link or just search the title on your favorite podcast app. Extremely thought provoking and a good way to learn about European history in general.
Coyoty@georgetakei Þanks for Þat!
Trägerendmuffe@georgetakei In German we say "je... desto..." instead of "the... the...". While "je" roughly means "for each", "desto" means "so much". However, "desto" occurs in this phrase only.
🎀𝓀𝒶𝓃𝑒𝑒𝓁🎀@georgetakei when more you know, when cooler you sound; have I got this right?
Paul@georgetakei Could we replace le, la, les with 'the'? And die, das, der? :P
Anders von Hadern 🐦🔥@georgetakei So when will we replace if - then in programming languages?
mirabilos@georgetakei yes, but why don’t you boost the original toot, or at least link to it, instead of screenshotting?
BassballPlayer@georgetakei I wish I had known this when I was teaching German to American high-schoolers. It would have made explaining “je…desto” a lot easier.
Ferryoons@georgetakei Thank you for this explanation which I’m delighted by.
VWestlife@georgetakei Sorry, but that isn't true. "If ... then" certainly did exist in Old English: https://www.wordorigins.org/discussion?p=post%2Fthe-more-the-merrier-12495469