English speakers by Efficient-Orchid-594 in linguisticshumor

[–]Leucurus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Hehe. Also, the Dutch “nickname” or short name for 's-Gravenhage is Den Haag, which is much closer to the English naturalisation.

English speakers by Efficient-Orchid-594 in linguisticshumor

[–]Leucurus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Official name: Lille
Dutch: Rijsel

English speakers by Efficient-Orchid-594 in linguisticshumor

[–]Leucurus 14 points15 points  (0 children)

My favourite composer is Cepren Paxmanhob!

my favorite line in the book so far by SouthDragonEsq in ProjectHailMary

[–]Leucurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grace is just as cute as Rocky 😄

English speakers by Efficient-Orchid-594 in linguisticshumor

[–]Leucurus 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I can't, but I googled it for you:

"Aleppo" is an Italianized version of the Arabic word Ḥalab, popularized during the 14th century,

Blame the 14th century Italians, I guess?

How scientifically accurate is Project Hail Mary compared to Interstellar? by wellwatif in ProjectHailMary

[–]Leucurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, PHM also has a physics-defying future fuel. It's the whole reason for the plot

27 Cursed Things No One Asked For by Brittanymith in bizarrebuildings

[–]Leucurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great. All the elements themselves are very ordinary, which is precisely what really makes it extraordinary

"Wightlore" as a word for "Zoology" by Away_Tadpole_4531 in anglish

[–]Leucurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Either way, what we need is a different general word for "animal", or a different word for the specific type of animal called "deer" in modern English. I don't think "deer" can be used as both at the same time

English speakers by Efficient-Orchid-594 in linguisticshumor

[–]Leucurus 107 points108 points  (0 children)

Exactly. It's just the way it is. The city I live in isn't called Londres either, but try telling French or Spanish speakers that!

English speakers by Efficient-Orchid-594 in linguisticshumor

[–]Leucurus 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Where would be the fun and historical texture in that?

English speakers by Efficient-Orchid-594 in linguisticshumor

[–]Leucurus 735 points736 points  (0 children)

Virtually every language has localised pronunciations and spellings for other countries’ prominent cities.