@nivenkos@lemmy.ml to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 1 year agoCurrent state of EU legislation on crop breeding (from @methylcytosine on X)lemmy.mlimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1278
arrow-up1278imageCurrent state of EU legislation on crop breeding (from @methylcytosine on X)lemmy.ml@nivenkos@lemmy.ml to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-square@Teodomo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoEnglish is not my main language but wouldn’t it be “knowledgeable” [about the specific topic] rather than “smart” here?
minus-square@yokonzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoBoth work, smart is more of a colloquial meaning here and a joke, while knowledgable is more formal and literal. Also my generation uses self deprecating humor to communicate quite a bit
English is not my main language but wouldn’t it be “knowledgeable” [about the specific topic] rather than “smart” here?
Both work, smart is more of a colloquial meaning here and a joke, while knowledgable is more formal and literal. Also my generation uses self deprecating humor to communicate quite a bit