#Language

[prokopetz]

Deliberately pronouncing multisyllabic names as distinctly separated syllables is a great way to sound like a space alien in general, but I think "Matthew" in particular is one of the best names to do it with. Mat thew. Mat thew. It just has a vibe to it.

[victusinveritas]

[contradictorypenguin]

I had a dream last night that I was trying to translate something into Italian and I discovered that Google Translate had added several languages that weren't,,, actually languages?

Like they had one called 'Neurotypical' that took cryptic double-meanings and made them straight-forward, and they had one called 'Corporate' that translated bureaucratic bullshit into plain words, but the one that I remember most clearly was called 'Passive-Aggressive Asshole,' and it looked like this -

In the dream I also put in "You're so welcome" and it translated it to "You'd better be grateful, you fuck."

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[doctorslippery]

[imathers]

From here:

written by kaveh akbar

[prokopetz]

If I had henchmen I would absolutely be commanding them to "seize him!", and when the target failed to respond with "unhand me!" because people don't actually talk that way, in spite of knowing this would be the outcome I would be bitterly disappointed every single time.

[sukinapan]

[holymotherofwmps-the-reblogging]

Ancient Greek:

Sinus-itis is from 'nasal cavity' and 'infection/ouchie'.

...The more things change, the more stay the same!

English: we call it sinusitis because it's Latin :)

German: we call it Nasennebenhöhlenentzündung because the Höhlen neben your Nase are entzündet.

[dragonofthedepths]

Reblogs were turned off but I wanted to be able to find this again

[holesomecuntent]

Learning a new language really does make you aware of how many fucking words there are. Waaaaaay too many things in this world that need their own special little word. Grow up.

[pargolettasworld]

*Laughs in Yiddish name*

I appreciate the sentiment behind posts like "if you can learn how to pronounce [european surname] you can learn how to pronounce [non-european surname]" but it does unfortunately rely on the base assumption that your average english speaker actually does make an effort to pronounce european surnames correctly

[incognitopolls]

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[wronghands1]

[3liza]