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Becky (sie/ihm)
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LarryStern@feddit.orgJoined: 2025-12-29 |
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 |
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 |
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.websiteJoined: 2023-06-12 |
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.spaceJoined: 2023-08-20 |
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.spaceJoined: 2023-08-20 |
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.clJoined: 2023-06-12 |
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 |
If it was a contest - Japan probably wins |
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GiorgioPerlasca
lemmy.ml
GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml Joined: 2022-04-26 |
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 |
"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 |
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 |
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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