Words in your language that are just silly.

Dowly · 04-08-16, 08:38 AM

Keeping up with the other language thread, let's list some of the silly words from our wide range of languages we've got here on SUBSIM.

Dragon in Finnish is 'lohikäärme', which literally means salmonsnake (lohi/käärme, salmon/snake).

antikristuseke · 04-08-16, 08:48 AM

kuulilennuteetunneliluuk
it means "bullets flight path tunnel hatch" and is spelled the same regardless of which end you read it from.

AVGWarhawk · 04-08-16, 09:04 AM

Erinaceous

Like a hedge hog.

Jimbuna · 04-08-16, 09:16 AM

Snool

A servile person.

Dowly · 04-08-16, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Erinaceous

Like a hedge hog.

That's a great word! Latin words are always cool.

Another Finnish silliness is 'kalakukko', which literally translates to fishcock (the male chicken).

It's very tasty though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalakukko

Aktungbby · 04-08-16, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Erinaceous

Like a hedge hog.

Alaarm! Crash dive! Prepare for erinaceous attack!

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AVGWarhawk · 04-08-16, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Another Finnish silliness is 'kalakukko', which literally translates to fishcock (the male chicken).

It's very tasty though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalakukko

I'll take your word for it.

AVGWarhawk · 04-08-16, 09:45 AM

Flitterwochen

Fleeting week.

Dowly · 04-08-16, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Flitterwochen

Fleeting week.

Ah, that reminds me of the Finnish word for Leap Day, 'karkauspäivä' which literally translates to "escape day".

HunterICX · 04-08-16, 10:12 AM

'Broodje Aap' translates to Monkey Sandwich

It's to desribe one's story as an Urban myth/Legend.

Eichhörnchen · 04-08-16, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

spelled the same regardless of which end you read it from.

That is known as a "palindrome" which is silly, because it sounds like a building.

Wolferz · 04-09-16, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

That is known as a "palindrome" which is silly, because it sounds like a building.

Isn't that where Sara hangs out?

Dowly · 04-09-16, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

That is known as a "palindrome" which is silly, because it sounds like a building.

Speaking of which, the longest palindrome word is the Finnish saippuakivikauppias (=soapstone vendor).

Eichhörnchen · 04-09-16, 11:15 AM

Don't expect you meet many of those

vienna · 04-09-16, 01:15 PM

Trump...

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04-08-16, 08:38 AM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Words in your language that are just silly. Keeping up with the other language thread, let's list some of the silly words from our wide range of languages we've got here on SUBSIM. Dragon in Finnish is 'lohikäärme', which literally means salmonsnake (lohi/käärme, salmon/snake).

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Erinaceous Like a hedge hog. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Snool A servile person. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Flitterwochen Fleeting week. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	'Broodje Aap' translates to Monkey Sandwich It's to desribe one's story as an Urban myth/Legend. __________________

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	kuulilennuteetunneliluuk it means "bullets flight path tunnel hatch" and is spelled the same regardless of which end you read it from.

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