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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/linguistics_humor

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Being alive is just not being dead. Living an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And alive is a diphtong < i > (/ai/) and living a short i, right? (I'm not a native speaker if not obvious)