sir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoI love when things are named exactly what they domessage-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareI love when things are named exactly what they dosir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·6 months agoGerman has “hand shoes” (gloves) and “shield toads” (turtles)
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agothe Japanese word for socks is “undershoes”
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoMakes sense, English has underpants and undershirts
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-26 months ago“Sick car” (ambulance) KRANKENWAGEN
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agohell yes I knew this one and forgot
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoAnd “flying thing” for plane.
German has “hand shoes” (gloves) and “shield toads” (turtles)
the Japanese word for socks is “undershoes”
Makes sense, English has underpants and undershirts
“Sick car” (ambulance)
KRANKENWAGEN
hell yes I knew this one and forgot
And “flying thing” for plane.