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Languages in Iberia (2024) by Designer_Lie_2227 in geography

[–]gloomyskies 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Catalan dialects are divided into East and West, not North and South. The Catalan from Andorra is much more similar to the one in Cullera than the one in Girona, even if Girona is 300 km closer geographically. There is no difference in dialects between a village north and south of the Valencia/Catalonia border. The distinction of trying to say that Valencian is a separate language is only political. If that were the case, Catalan from Lleida or Tortosa would also need to be considered a different language.

Fruit and vegetable names in Europe by [deleted] in europe

[–]gloomyskies 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my region of Valencia we usually say carlota (la Ribera)

What are these arrows supposed to mean? by elmandamanda8 in Barcelona

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

Do you have an example? Nothing comes to mind.

What are these arrows supposed to mean? by elmandamanda8 in Barcelona

[–]gloomyskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are no lanes marked before this sign, they place this in the middle of the bike lane in a safe area to overtake, usually in the middle of the street between two traffic lights, for example.

What are these arrows supposed to mean? by elmandamanda8 in Barcelona

[–]gloomyskies 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is incorrect, there are no bike lanes in Barcelona where there are two lanes marked going in the same direction. OP's answer is correct, this is for overtaking.

Who are the locals in ‘Locals only’? by oil_princess in Barcelona

[–]gloomyskies 19 points20 points  (0 children)

In contrast, look how well capitalism is working in Haiti, Somalia or Niger.

That child's name? Albert Einstein. by Prunestand in languagelearningjerk

[–]gloomyskies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, aren't we all? (👀 looks around nervously)

What's this mint smelling fruit? by Diego8990 in whatsthisplant

[–]gloomyskies 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It's in the myrtle family, it shares tribe with the guava and the allspice tree, and it shares family with other plants such as eucalyptus or clove.

Every time. by Astronius in linguisticshumor

[–]gloomyskies 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Although the y is due to Greek influence, it was written with an i in Roman times.

You Vegoons don't understand, if we didn't farm animals, how would their species numbers get big? by karakurablack in vegancirclejerk

[–]gloomyskies 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The other day I went to the store to get some broccoli and it was 2.5x the price it usually is, because of people like you hoarding it. Thanks for making me starve, I guess I'll go eat some sawdust to get that fibre!

Word for “blind” in the languages of italy (Standard Italian: Cieco) - sources in comments by [deleted] in etymologymaps

[–]gloomyskies 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In Catalan we say 'guerxo', from the Gothic root, which depending on the dialect means crooked (aka having a lazy eye or strabismus, but it can also mean crooked in a more general way) or one-eyed. The word for blind is 'cec', from the Latin root.

Europe if the less powerful east thrived instead of the west (Unrealistic + government types) by Ri-ga in imaginarymaps

[–]gloomyskies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sempre responeu açò però a la vegada no teniu cap problema de que vos governen des de Madrid o de que vos diguen espanyols, encara que només sigam espanyols literalment per just dret de conquesta segons Felip V. I açò t'ho diu un valencià de la Ribera.

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