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Becky (sie/ihm) feddit.org LarryStern@feddit.org
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Native English speaker here who celebrates Norwegian heritage with my dad. I myself am not Norwegian or a native speaker of it, but since I'm already a native English speaker, we have sjokk (shock) I guess???

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T00l_shed lemmy.world T00l_shed@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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In French canadian we like to use "fuck" like, "c'est fucké ca!" Or that's fucked(up).

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cattywampas lemmy.world cattywampas@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-30
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In French canadian we like to use "fuck" like, "c'est fucké ca!" Or that's fucked(up).

It is a very fun and satisfying word to say.

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FriendOfDeSoto startrek.website FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website
Joined: 2023-06-12
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The German word for what is a cookie in North America and a biscuit on the British Isles is "Keks," which is a bastardization of the English word "cakes." It is interesting because "Keks" by itself is the singular noun that retains the plural -s ending from English. To pluralize in German it requires an extra -e.

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AllNewTypeFace leminal.space AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
Joined: 2023-08-20
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The German word for what is a cookie in North America and a biscuit on the British Isles is "Keks," which is a bastardization of the English word "cakes." It is interesting because "Keks" by itself is the singular noun that retains the plural -s ending from English. To pluralize in German it requires an extra -e.

It’s the same in Icelandic, only spelled “kex”. There’s even a hotel in a former biscuit factory with that name.

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AllNewTypeFace leminal.space AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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In French canadian we like to use "fuck" like, "c'est fucké ca!" Or that's fucked(up).

In German, they use the adjective “abgefuckt” in similar cases; that’s an English swearword with some German prefixes underlining the complete and destructive nature of the state of affairs.

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fixmycode feddit.cl fixmycode@feddit.cl
Joined: 2023-06-12
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In Chile, it's a pretty common idiom to say "cachai?" after a sentence in the same way you'd say "you get me?". it's widely accepted that is comes from the verb "to catch".

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Crash lemmy.ml crash_thepose@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-02-03
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If it was a contest - Japan probably wins

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GiorgioPerlasca lemmy.ml GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-04-26
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If it was a contest - Japan probably wins

There is even a song about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhGnuWwpNxI

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Moonguide lemmy.ml Moonguide@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-02
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"Raite", noun which refers to hitching a ride with someone, and "guachiman"/"guachi" to refer to a guard or watchman.

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T00l_shed lemmy.world T00l_shed@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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It is a very fun and satisfying word to say.

It really is

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calmblue75 lemmy.ml calmblue75@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-10-06
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In Telugu, there is a concept of 'jump'ing from a situation. It means escaping, but the English word 'jump' is used.

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