opalescent@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down18
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minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·1 year agoGermany is the red headed step child lol
minus-squareJizzmasterDlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThe Deutsch and their « zeugs and Dings » I love that a culture so associated with attention to detail and precision engineering is just like « flugzeug, fuerzeug, schlagzeug, schreibzeug… »
minus-squareMmagnusson@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIcelandic would like a red-headed word.
Germany is the red headed step child lol
The Deutsch and their « zeugs and Dings »
I love that a culture so associated with attention to detail and precision engineering is just like « flugzeug, fuerzeug, schlagzeug, schreibzeug… »
Icelandic would like a red-headed word.