Anon learns about foreign languages

3 years ago by Brand to c/greentext

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Ramenator 46 points 3 years ago

American city names: New-removedshire-Upon-My-Ass

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smeg 25 points 3 years ago

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vaultdweller013 23 points 3 years ago

Arkansas is the one which was originally named, it comes from the french name of one of the tribes that lived in the region. Kansas just thought it sounded cool.

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NakariLexfortaine 8 points 3 years ago

Then can you explain where, exactly, they're carrying those wayward sons?

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samus12345 6 points 3 years ago

I dunno, but there'll be peace when they are done.

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ThatWeirdGuy1001 5 points 3 years ago

It's easy when they're just dust in the wind

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PsychedSy 2 points 3 years ago

There is a Kansa tribe. No need to erase natives over interstate bullshit.

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vaultdweller013 2 points 3 years ago

Didnt know, just kinda assumed due to how often states either split or names get recycled.

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PsychedSy 1 point 3 years ago

While in Kansas the Arkansas River is pronounced arr-kansas. Otherwise it's Arkansaw.

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Sunfoil 11 points 3 years ago

You can say removed, it's the internet.

Eidt: wow you actually can't. That's stupid. Literally 1984.

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echodot 4 points 3 years ago

That will be your instances fault everyone else is absolutely fine. Lemmy.world admins are awful.

Anyway we should all be on smaller instances just on general principle.

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baduhai 1 point 3 years ago

That's lemmy.world for ya ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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samus12345 7 points 3 years ago

New Bundleofsticksshire-Upon-My-Ass

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Pregnenolone 41 points 3 years ago

That’s a brutally discriminatory name these days.

They prefer the term London

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li10 28 points 3 years ago

Always interesting to see people mention my hometown of removedshire online.

I live in South Bummersly these days though.

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fibojoly 12 points 3 years ago

Pronounced "Sow bumsly", no doubt.

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Thassodar 9 points 3 years ago

I'll sow her bumsly, if you know what I mean (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

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echodot 2 points 3 years ago

I can picture it. It's definitely a Southern town, no northern industrial city.

I bet it has 12 pubs around a village green.

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smeg 18 points 3 years ago

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PhlubbaDubba 15 points 3 years ago

Meanwhile the Americans have the British names but pronounce it completely different because of the fucking bostoners

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droans 20 points 3 years ago

Don't place the blame on us. The British have changed their dialect like twelve times since we were their colony.

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echodot 8 points 3 years ago

Well that's because you unsubscribed from the language patches, made your own fork and then did nothing with it.

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aBundleOfFerrets 2 points 3 years ago

I assure you we have done plenty with that fork…

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PhlubbaDubba 2 points 3 years ago

How do you pronounce Worcester?

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filcuk 3 points 3 years ago

Woster for short

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TAG 2 points 3 years ago

As an American who lived in Worcester, MA for a number of years: Wuster or Wustah

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Dagwood222 1 point 3 years ago

Askin' the REAL questions!

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skulblaka 1 point 3 years ago

Worcher

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DragonTypeWyvern 8 points 3 years ago

Also because the British have proven themselves incapable of taking care of the language, as proven every day by cockneys.

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13esq 1 point 3 years ago

The whole point of cockney is that you can tell who is and isn't a local.

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echodot 2 points 3 years ago

And by local they mean on the street by street level.

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echodot 2 points 3 years ago

Burning, ham

Yet they can pronounce Halifax just fine.

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FrostyCaveman 10 points 3 years ago

Fugsha lmaooooooo

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Kcryptonian 7 points 3 years ago

4channers

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Shah_of_Iran 6 points 3 years ago

Usually 4chan but there are multiple chan-sites

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Kcryptonian 1 point 3 years ago

Yes, I later figured. Saw tens of other chans too Thanks.

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EmoDuck 1 point 3 years ago

I was slightly disappointed when I learned that 4chan wasn't a play on "fortune"

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seliaste 7 points 3 years ago

French-sounding places:

Vincennes-sur-l'oisement
Saint-martin-des-Vosges
Mathildeville
Miquelin-les-prés

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xx3rawr 12 points 3 years ago

British-sounding places:

Shitterton
Scratchy Bottom
Cockplay
Penistone
Gay Street, West Sussex

Oh wait these are all real British places

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Obi 3 points 3 years ago

Don't you worry there's plenty to go around in France as well: https://www.lamastreassociationrad.fr/...

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Dagwood222 5 points 3 years ago

Americans who pronounce 'Dubois' as DEW-boyse and DU-bwah depending on personal preference.

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CADmonkey 2 points 3 years ago

We just do that. Miami, FL is pronounced differently than Miami, OK.

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Dagwood222 2 points 3 years ago

TIL.

Sure we could find other examples.

edit = Someone elese did 'Arkansas' and 'Kansas.'

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KSPAtlas 5 points 3 years ago

If you put an a at the end the polish name is accurate

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spirinolas 5 points 3 years ago

Portugal:

Fodarelho da Raia

Cona-da-Velha

Covide (this one actually exists)

Pintelhos

Estudasses

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Justas 4 points 3 years ago

Lithuanian place names be like: Kalabybiškės

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GreasyTengu 3 points 3 years ago

Newfoundland names be like:

Come by Chance

Blow me Down

Conception bay

Dildo

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RVGamer06 1 point 3 years ago

Italy:

Sborate sul Minchio

Pornassio(this one actually exists)

EDIT: formatting

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smeg 1 point 3 years ago

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