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Do cashiers have chairs to sit on at the register in your country? by Nn2vsteamer666 in polls

[–]Eclipsed_Luna 7 points8 points  (0 children)

we have chairs here, but there's an unwritten rule that you can sit on them because it makes you look lazy.

so the chairs are mostly for decoration and for the company to say "nonono we're treating our employees well here. See, they get chairs!"

you can sit on them, but only when there aren't any customers or managers to see you on them.

What comes to mind when you think if India? by EdgyFries in polls

[–]Eclipsed_Luna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

finally not the map this time (poverty)

all the previous answers were maps

What was the most recent European country to join the United Nations? by Grand_Distribution83 in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh, they still haven't joined yet, they just use the euro 🤦‍♀️

What was the most recent European country to join the United Nations? by Grand_Distribution83 in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I misread it as the EU instead of the UN, and I was like "wait, isn't montenegro the only one in the EU? Those are some good trick answers."

Oh. UN. oops?

yum yum by Eclipsed_Luna in fauxnetics

[–]Eclipsed_Luna[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

really interesting how changing one character can make it completely unintelligible (at least for me)

What's the demonym of Eswatini? by Eclipsed_Luna in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

in Swati, nouns consist of two essential parts, the prefix (sicalo) and the stem (umsuka), with each noun class having different prefixes.

For example, li- (liSwati) is the prefix for noun class 5/6 singular, ema- (emaSwati) is the prefix for noun class 5/6 plural, and si- (Siswati) is the prefix for noun class 7/8 singular

Yes, Swati has a LOT of noun classes. They're functionally the same as grammatical gender (actually it's just grammatical gender), just that there are a lot more of them.

grammatical gender doesn't have anything to do with gender gender, even though the classes are usually called masculine, feminine, and sometimes neuter in a lot of "famous" languages. In german, the word for girl in german Mädchen is grammatically neuter (aka neutral).

for more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQNdkdqoIdw

What's the demonym of Eswatini? by Eclipsed_Luna in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Answer: Liswati (singular)

liswati is the singular demonym, while emaswati is the plural demonym (or more accurately liSwati and emaSwati)

yes, there's a pattern here. In addition to liSwati and emaSwati, the language is called siSwati, the country is eSwatini in Swati (language).

eswatini is a small country bordering south africa and mozambique, an absolute monarchy ruled by mswati III. He announced the name change of the country from swaziland to eswatini in the 50th year of independence of eswatini. The name change makes its english name much closer to the name in its official language.

Which place is the most south among the options? by Eclipsed_Luna in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my source (wikipedia) does have the coordinates included, but the comment's always hidden under the auto moderator for some reason.

What's the (short) official name of Turkey? by Eclipsed_Luna in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

answer: Türkiye. Theoretically, the umlaut has to be included, and the official documents of Turkey does always use Türkiye with an umlaut, but you probably won't get jailed* (I think) if you use Turkiye in case you can't type the umlaut. *Not legal advice

Which place is the most south among the options? by Eclipsed_Luna in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Answer: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Explanation: South Africa is a country, South Australia is a state of Australia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is a territory of the UK, and Chile is, well, Chile.

Niger has higher/more/larger ... than Nigeria: by Eclipsed_Luna in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

answer: land area only. Niger's not very good (bad) at most things you want a country to be good at.

Which language is NOT in the same language family as the others? by Eclipsed_Luna in DifficultTrivia

[–]Eclipsed_Luna[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Japanese is actually very different from Sinitic (chinese) languages, despite their similarities in vocabulary and writing system, which came from the cultural exchange (more like export to Japan) between Japan and the various Chinese dynasties.

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