@opalescent@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 months agoWhy words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific?message-square40fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down18
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareWhy words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific?@opalescent@lemmy.zip to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-square@JizzmasterD@lemmy.calinkfedilink2•10 months 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-square@Mmagnusson@programming.devlinkfedilink1•10 months 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.