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Stamets@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Linguistics are fucking weird

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Linguistics are fucking weird

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Stamets@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    Language is weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.

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    • Fal@yiffit.net
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      https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/chicken-of-the-sea/2860872

      • edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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        A. that was hilarious

        B. oh god that’s made me realize this took place over 20 years ago

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    Also some Indian names like “Raju Kulli” means “rough dick”, where “rough” is referring to action, not texture. Some screenshots of such Facebook profiles have been circulating a lot in Finnish social media.

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    Finnish has a reputation for being one of the hardest languages in the world to learn, too, so I wonder if that might’ve had something to do with the disbelief.

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    My fish’s chicken dance. 🐟

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    A’ole paska?

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    That happened. It’s an interesting fact wrapped up in a fake story.

    How would this person not have been able to give another example during this whole alleged linguistics discussion before the other guy mentioned his name?

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