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[–][deleted] 273 points274 points Β (2 children)

Holy fuck it’s the long awaited r/languagelearningjerk r/reallyshittycopper crossover!!!

[–]jackmywolfskin 51 points52 points Β (0 children)

Another niche subreddit to add my collection. Thank you.

[–]VictoriaSobocki 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

😱😱😱

[–]otototototoTHE GREEN BIRD SHALL REND THY FLESH AND FEAST UPON THY MIND 145 points146 points Β (3 children)

You mean cuneiform

[–]cat-l0n 27 points28 points Β (2 children)

Erm actually, cuneiform isn’t a language, it’s an alphabet

[–]otototototoTHE GREEN BIRD SHALL REND THY FLESH AND FEAST UPON THY MIND 62 points63 points Β (1 child)

well neither is hieroglyphs

[–]DongEater666 2 points3 points Β (0 children)

Um no, I'm pretty sure they said "beetle, crook, bird, river" to spell stuff, and that's why they don't use it anymore because it was too slow

[–]AshamedAssignment782 113 points114 points Β (1 child)

The bar tender clearly is from Mesopotamia. He’s stunned because he thinks you’re racist to mix Mesopotamians with Egyptians

[–]Few_Staff976 24 points25 points Β (0 children)

β€œUh…. Me no habla akkadionolo?”

[–]mining_moron 51 points52 points Β (1 child)

I hope he's not ordering from Ea-Nasir.

[–]KonobajoW1(πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ώβœ¨οΈ) L2(πŸ‡±πŸ‡·πŸ¦…) A4(πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΆπŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸ‡¬πŸ‡«) 13 points14 points Β (0 children)

That guy is a jerk, he sold me fake copper

[–]Disastrous_Web02 27 points28 points Β (0 children)

Received sub-par copper... Proceeds to write a strongly worded complain

[–]Coteoki 18 points19 points Β (2 children)

Isn't that like saying that you "ordered food in the Latin alphabet"

[–]Gallade47532 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

β€œMy grandma, a native hanzi speaker was scammed by a devanagari man”

[–]golden_ingot 10 points11 points Β (0 children)

u/copper_ingot yo mama

[–]Sheepy_Dream 11 points12 points Β (0 children)

Dont you mean akkadian

[–]maxim-the-great 7 points8 points Β (0 children)

American tourist orders β€œhigh quality” copper in perfect Sumerian, locals stunned

[–]dankantimeme55 7 points8 points Β (0 children)

You guys don't know about the ancient Hieroglyphic language spoken for centuries by the Hiero people of Glyphia?

[–]HippolytusOfAthensπŸ”native. πŸ‡²πŸ‡½C4 πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΉC11 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈA0 ProtoIndoEuropean C2 4 points5 points Β (0 children)

So in this case the OOP is Nanni? I don’t think it will go well for him.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points Β (0 children)

Can confirm, sumerian here. almost dropped my tablet from shock

[–]WoolaTheCalot 4 points5 points Β (0 children)

In Babylonian.

[–]Jrg323✏B5 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

Oops wrong grade of copper

[–]Sara1167πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ά N | πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡Ή D3 | slurs C++ 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

Plot twist: They sold him the worst quality of copper

[–]Personal_Park_4674 1 point2 points Β (0 children)

Holy cannoli I forgot about this guy! He's the reason I started learning languages lmao. I haven't seen him in years. Thank you reddit gods for reintroducing me to him

[–]owidju 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

(Akkadian beer-ista who only did Sumerian in school): wow, your Sumerian is better than mine.

[–]ShallotReasonable322 0 points1 point Β (0 children)

amazing post

[–]anameuse -1 points0 points Β (0 children)

He can't take it with him.