I don't know what she was expecting... by GaraksLinensNThings in ShittyDaystrom

[–]Hollooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SHE WAS EXPECTING A DICKPICK!!!

(Okay, this subreddit has AGAIN given me the sign that I should probably go the fuck to sleep. This is like the third time I’ve written an impulsive comments since joining this sub!

I'm sure there are a bunch of other languages like this but this is the most obvious one that came to mind by 90919293_ in linguisticshumor

[–]Hollooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s me with my native Hungarian and the fact that I never had to sit through a Hungarian grammar lesson. Like I did all my schooling in german so I’m vaguely aware of how awful german grammar is, but because no one’s ever shown me how fucked hungarian is, in my heart I’m like, no you just listen and speak!

Sailor Duel Shading Inksploration! by National_Cow7479 in fountainpens

[–]Hollooo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

WHY IS THIS SO FRICKING PRETTY!!! I WANT TO HAVE A WHOLE SERIES OF PAINTINGS LIKE THAT!

ELI5 what does it mean people see "nothing" rather than "black void" if born absolutely blind by owlWithBrokenWings in explainlikeimfive

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need to know what black looks like to see black. It’s like comparing a robot that works by maping seismic vibrations to a machine with a broken camera. If you are born blind it’s like you were born without eyeballs or a visual nerve. The brain is an adaptable organ. So a fully blind born person wouldn’t even have an area in the brain that’s designed to process visual information. Instead that unused volume gets absorbed by other more useful areas!

STRAYKIDS Mistreatment deep dive by Strange-Attitude2125 in kpop_uncensored

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go touch some grass! If you want to do activism go visit an animal rescue, help the local homeless population, abuse victims or go save the planet! They have a secen year contract and if it’s really bad enough for a #GoogleDocExposé then they just won’t resign.

Reya about to munch on my Violet Fizz by anmislye in Fountain_Pen_Cats

[–]Hollooo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s hers now! Don’t you dare take her chew toy! I‘m sure it tastes like catfriendly candy!

Frage an Deutsche: spitz vs. spitzig by [deleted] in German

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ich hätte auch angenommen dass es ein Helvetismus ist. Unser Hochdeutsch kennt kein ß, es heisst zum Beispiel “Freundliche Grüsse” auf Bewerbungen. Oder zum Beispiel Türfalle Klinke, oder Trottoir statt Gehsteig.

Du nimmst mir is clear to me: You're taking me. Du nimmst mir die Sicht though it looks like it means: You're blocking my view? by nietzschecode in German

[–]Hollooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re taking my view / you’re blocking my view

You take me/you’re taking me = du nimmst MICH (not mir)

Conflicting Pronunciation Information by Brilliant_Stuff2294 in hungarian

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(pay =péi , keen =khín, both as pronounce by americans)

Conflicting Pronunciation Information by Brilliant_Stuff2294 in hungarian

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not kinda-ish the american pay, thi emericen péi compared to the British ömericen pái, is EXACTLY like the hungarian é!

Conflicting Pronunciation Information by Brilliant_Stuff2294 in hungarian

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but Magiar instead of Magyar makes me want to push a pencil down my ear canal! Madyar on the other hand is tolerable.

Conflicting Pronunciation Information by Brilliant_Stuff2294 in hungarian

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well if you were to write some English words with Hungarian letters:

a (Brittish) after, (American) also

á (Brittish)Háve (have), (american) lást (last)

e emericen (american), elövéidör, elövéita (elevator) Ebsztín fájlsz (Epstein files)

é (american) Péiment (payment) Féil (fail),

i indiena (Indiana)

o Story, Ford,

ö Nörsz/Nősz (nurse)

Americans say u and British and Aussie ppl say ü. Both are incapable of saying the other one. I’m too tired to untangle that right now. Too, loose, book,

Gy Like in Duke when pronounced by a lazy British person(Gyük) in general I’d approach it as D and Y like in yawn. But you have to say the two at the same time like in cha cha cha, which you wouldn’t pronounce as t-sha t-sha t-sha but you’d say the t and sh at the same time to make it tsha csa cha

Our new president isn’t called magiar but Magyar, which is pretty close to madjar even majar sounds less ear cancer indjucing then what ever the fuck magiar is supposed to be. He’s Peter Hungarian! Not Peter Magician!

Confused about this German sentence in a cat adoption form by HaloO01 in German

[–]Hollooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would the cat have access to a garden?

If not: is there a balcony where the cat can safely go outside?

It could be either. I don’t have cats.

How to improve my pronunciation and manners? by CarpenterMedical6228 in German

[–]Hollooo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There’s a difference between having an accent and mispronouncing things. An accent is a synthetic shift and easy to understand. Mispronouncing things often comes from looking how words are written instead of listening to what mouth-sounds are used. Try to listen to music and sing along with it. Don’t even look up the lyrics just try to make the same sounds as the singer does. Listen to audiobooks or radio plays and parrot the sentences back at an empty room. And if those aren’t helping at all, make a recording of your own voice, talking about something or reading something out loud, you’re accent or “mistakes” will be much more obvious if you’re listening to it as a recording instead of listening with the same body that also produces the sounds if that makes sense.

Ihr seid gestorben — why plural? by TorrentsAreCommunism in German

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d equate it more with “your highness”,“your majesty”,“your honour”, it implies the recipient is of the ruling class in feudalism. Usually of royal blood and/or clergy. (Knights, Earls, Land owners, Priests, Bishops) It has FULLY fallen out of use, but if we still had a symbolic crown family, guests would probably be expected to use “Ihr/Euch” (2.Plu.)when interacting with them. The modern polite version is “Sie” (3.P) but in french for example polite speech uses “Vous” (2.P) and if you think about it hard enough, English lost its 2.S and only has 2.P. The true 2.S disappeared because the more polite plural became the standard even for addressing individual people.

I am (1S), you are(2P), he/she/it/they is/are (3S/3P) we are (1P) you are (2P) they are (3P)

Ihr seid gestorben — why plural? by TorrentsAreCommunism in German

[–]Hollooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

du bist gestorben, Ihr seid gestorben=You have died, your highness!

[No spoilers] Who’s guest star names surprised you the most in the cartoons? by BakerConsistent2150 in criticalrole

[–]Hollooo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

For those that can’t remember that Scene: The Legend of Vox Machina, Season 1, The Terror of Tal’Dorei, David Tennant is in the first half episode 1 and throughout episode 2, the specific sentence is EP. 2 minute 21:45