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04-08-16, 08:38 AM | #1 |
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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). |
04-08-16, 08:48 AM | #2 |
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kuulilennuteetunneliluuk
it means "bullets flight path tunnel hatch" and is spelled the same regardless of which end you read it from. |
04-08-16, 09:04 AM | #3 |
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Erinaceous
Like a hedge hog.
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04-08-16, 09:16 AM | #4 |
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Snool
A servile person.
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04-08-16, 09:22 AM | #5 |
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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 |
04-08-16, 09:41 AM | #6 | |
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Alaarm! Crash dive! Prepare for erinaceous attack!
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04-08-16, 09:42 AM | #7 | |
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I'll take your word for it.
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04-08-16, 09:45 AM | #8 |
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Flitterwochen Fleeting week.
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04-08-16, 09:50 AM | #9 |
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04-08-16, 10:12 AM | #10 |
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'Broodje Aap' translates to Monkey Sandwich
It's to desribe one's story as an Urban myth/Legend.
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04-08-16, 02:14 PM | #11 |
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That is known as a "palindrome" which is silly, because it sounds like a building.
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04-09-16, 10:32 AM | #12 | |
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Isn't that where Sara hangs out?
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04-09-16, 10:56 AM | #13 |
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04-09-16, 11:15 AM | #14 |
Starte das Auto
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Don't expect you meet many of those
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04-09-16, 01:15 PM | #15 |
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Trump...
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