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Languages are fascinating. English has plenty of words that fly in the face of grammar rules we’re taught in school, and learning another language makes you question everything you thought you understood about grammatical structure and what items should be called. Plus, it’s pretty amusing to view a language from the lens of an outsider. For example, the word for thank you in Lithuanian sounds like a sneeze (ačiū), and the word for bread sounds like the name Donna with a thick New York accent (duona). The Swedish language also has a host of words that seem silly when read by a native English speaker, including the words for good (bra), urine (kiss), and speed (fart). (I know they’re pronounced differently, but not everyone does!) 

Ah, the wonderful world of linguistics. If you enjoy learning more about other languages, and your own, you’re in for a real treat. Down below, we’ve compiled some of the funniest posts from Steve the Vagabond and Silly Linguist’s Facebook page. From calling out how arbitrary spelling is in certain languages to noting words that sound silly to non-native speakers, we hope you enjoy this trip down linguistics lane.

Keep reading to also find an interview with Steve the linguist himself, and be sure to upvote the posts you get a kick out of. Feel free to share any other amusing linguistics facts you know in the comments. Then if you’re interested in checking out another Bored Panda article featuring hilarious grammar and spelling errors in English texts, you can find that right hear! Oh, I mean here!  

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Headless Roach
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I san see the frustration in my cat's eyes every day.

Shyla Bouche
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's very frustrating trying to communicate with soft can-openers. This is the feline equivalent of yelling slowly in English to someone who doesn't speak the language. It does nothing to ease communication, but we feel better about it when we finally get you to open a can.

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KJ
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm glad you are home? Nah, more likely where is my food human!

SCamp
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3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

With dogs when you talk it’s like tilt the head and ‘WTF?’

Sara W
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like I read somewhere that they do this when they are trying to understand. Idk. Also I read somewhere that dogs only understand 1 syllable words too. Never bothered to delve deeper with that.

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Kitty White
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve heard that this is how you can tell whether a stray cat has ever lived with humans. If they have, they will meow; if not, they have had limited contact with humans.

Vasana Phong
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard about this, just got a stray a year ago, still learning their habits, do not even know her breed, we have a senior terrier, I swear it’s like watching a live action flick of Garfield and Odis

Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, I understand Feline quite well, and my cats need to stop using so much profanity. "Hurry the F up with our Fing kibble Fing da*n dirty ape and get your paws off me you da*n dirty ape!" and then myi hubby says to them, "Oh, we love you so much!" and the cats look at me like, "Really? Is he serious?"

AnnaKooo
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've read that if you have more than one person living in your household, cats have developed an own voice to talk individually to every human. First they test this by meowing in different tones, and when they get your attention with that specific tone, they'll use that on you. For example, my ex had a cat and she always made him to wake up very early in the morning to feed her. She meowed that only he heard that, in my case I think she loved me more and let me sleep. :D

TheElderNom
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Quite certain my younger one is just yelling about how incredibly starving he is. He is on a diet (not even a strict one, but he no longer has food out all day) and he doesn't like it. He does sound very dramatically dying though, I think there's an oscar in his future.

Jenelle Prins
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’ve seen this before, but I adore it each time I see it. As you might suspect, I have cats. Many of them over time.

Jenny Barton
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a Ginger Single Brain Cell who has perfected this technique. Just stands wherever and screams until you feed/let out/sit on the sofa and keep him company for hours

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To learn more about how Steve's linguistics page came about in the first place, we reached out to him via Facebook. When asked what inspired him to start the account, he told Bored Panda, "I have always loved languages and linguistics." We also asked if he could share a fascinating linguistics fact with us: "There are some languages that use cardinal directions (east, west, north, south) instead of left and right for directions." I don't have a wonderful sense of direction, so I would definitely struggle with that...

He also wanted to make it clear that the study of linguistics is for everyone. "Linguistics is the study of languages. All forms of speech are valid. All dialects are valid." And when it comes to why his page is so popular, Steve noted that, "Everyone loves words and languages, it seems. I focus on the fun side of things." And as far as the future of his account is concerned, Steve says that he only plans to make it bigger and better. So be sure to give the page a like on Facebook to follow its growth and see more language memes right here!

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    N G
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    let me correct your pronunciation. It's called "Hooze Spooze"

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a moose loose aboot this hoose. ;-)

    Stevie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." --James D. Nicoll

    Peter Trudell Jr
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have to upvote to give James Nicoll credit. I've used this for decades since seeing it on Usenet. It is so frakkin' TRUE. "Nice language you got there... would be a shame if someone were to lift it..."

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    Deth Invictus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't think of any -ouse ending words off the top of my heade that sound like -ooze.

    Jan Dunn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard that English is what happens when vikings learn Latin from Celts and use it to yell at Germans.

    Lesley Zed
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here’s one for you…good, better, best…good comes from Germanic origin and better best was added after the Vikings attacked and took over. Gotta love it!🤔❤️

    Philly Bob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1 is spouse, 2 or more would be spice! Could be very spicy! If you lived long enough! LOL!

    SCamp
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow that last line. English lingual imperialism in one beautiful sentence.

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    Auntie Bear
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister is. I'm going to send this to her for a lesson, lol.

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    SCP 4666
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Yoda voice* More chores around the house you need to do

    Epona
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I like the wife! In a wordplay context, of course, nothing else.

    InfiniteZeek
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hit em with the ol' passive voice. Nice.

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    According to the Linguistic Society of America, “Linguistics is the scientific study of language. [It applies] the scientific method to conduct formal studies of speech sounds and gestures, grammatical structures, and meaning across the world’s 6,000+ languages.” Linguistics is a field that applies to us all, as almost every person on the planet speaks, reads or understands some form of language. Often, people even know more than one!

    “Language use is an essential human ability,” the LSA writes on their site. “Whether it's telling a joke, naming a baby, using voice recognition software, or helping a relative who's had a stroke, you'll find the study of language reflected in almost everything you do. Linguists spend their days seeking answers to questions like the following and so many more, because language and linguistics play such a fundamental role in every human's life.”

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    Some of the questions linguists seek to answer are: How do you speak differently when you're talking to your friends, your parents, or your boss? Why do people who speak the same language as you still sound different from you? Why do languages die, and how can one on the brink of death be preserved?

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    GrillMeASalmon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry I just spit out my coffee...

    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See, I apologize I just spit out my coffee doesn't really work either.

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    Max
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For those confused, I'm sorry is basically "I feel bad that this happened that I had no relationship the action" I apologize is basically "It's my fault for this thing happened and I feel bad for it"

    Eastendbird
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I apologise for your loss" makes you sound like a penitent hitman.

    Beeps
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have this weird fear that one day I might mix up the words ‘condolences’ and ‘congratulations’.

    Epona
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe stick to saying "Congrats" instead of the whole word? Wouldn't the context you were in dictate which word to use?

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    Shyla Bouche
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend went to a funeral, and instead of offering his sympathy, he offered his symphony. To be fair, he was a musician, but still!

    Ash
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read a story where a French teacher told his first-year students that his mother had died and they said "je me regrette" and he thanked them but also had to explain why he was laughing.

    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow I think I read this somewhere else before

    Evelyn Haskins
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, NOT to me. They are definitely different, I am sorry you are a fool, but I do not need to apologize for that. I am sorry that you cat died, but I do not need to apologize for that

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    Hestia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It thought you said aetheist for a second 😅

    Susan Green
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol! I will have the ether thanks.

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    Michael Fernandez
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fortunately, they didn’t name the spiky thing on the tail of the stegosaurus until Gary Larsen called it a Thagomizer in a Far Side comic. (“In memory of the late Thag Simmons”). Then scientists adopted that.

    New Everywhere
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lil'arms McGee, Angry Cheeks, Dino that looks like Dino

    Sue Denham
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, it'd be great. A Pterodactyl would be a Coversyourwindscreenwithonepoopasaur.

    Cassie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We play Ark: Survival Evolved and I refer to most of the dinos by a defining feature because I forget their actual names. For example, Doedichurus is "the rolly boy".

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    Linguistics inherently plays an important role in all of our lives, but it can also bring us a lot of enjoyment. Steve the vagabond and silly linguist uses his platform to help others find the joy in studying languages. Becoming fluent in a foreign language is an incredibly hard task, but dipping your toe into the pond of linguistics can help you become much more curious about the world’s many tongues. And a few simple phrases in any language can go a long way. Just knowing how to say hello, thank you, excuse me, and ask for help can spare you some embarrassment while traveling and allow you to inform the locals that you’ve put in a bit of effort.

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    The last time I was traveling to the United States, I arrived in Austin, Texas and explained to the passport control officer that I had flown in from Lithuania. His face lit up, and he responded with, “Labas!” (Hi!) I was shocked that he knew even a single word, and he was thrilled to tell me that he also knew how to say thank you because he has some Lithuanian friends who are currently living in Chicago. I’m sure it’s extremely rare that he meets anyone who knows those words, and it was just pure coincidence that he got to check my passport. But it was a great moment that made us both smile, all thanks to his curiosity about languages.

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    Tobias the Tiger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know someone who went to Korea and saw a sign there reading "Translation Failed".

    BluEyedSeoulite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to proofread translations in Korea. "Translation Failed" was accurate many times

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    Michael Largey
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My theory that the Welsh language exists mainly to inconvenience and confuse the English. You know how Wales contains all these impossibly long place names? But notice that when it comes to names they're going to use among themselves, the most popular one is "Jones".

    LandAhoy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    W and Y are vowels. W is pronounced like "oo", y like "uh" or "ee", wy is "oy", and yw is "eww"

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    Pål Dyvik
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a fast food store in China named "Translation server not responding".👍👍👍

    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are the Welsh so afraid of vowels? I always feel like I'm having a stroke when I look at the language in writing. :) (Yes, I do know the Y and W serve as vowels. I'm just being sarcastic)

    Charl Marx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're really not afraid of vowels, we have more than the English language does.

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    Suzanne Tilson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many consonants, so little time

    Debby Keir
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, so I'm English, but have lived and worked in Wales. Wales is dual speaking, but some Welsh speakers 'refuse' to use English. Out of courtesy, wouldn't it be better to have put the 'out of office' in both languages. What if, in the US, you emailed someone and only got a reply in Spanish???? Yes, funny sign, and stupid 'official' who didn't check, but hey, we're all 'the British isles, and England isn't Britain, but nor is Wales. I was christened in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, so I do understand the pride of being Welsh, but no pride for failing at your job - they're translators, so Russian? Chinese? I think not.

    Charl Marx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't blame those for not wanting to speak English given that not all that long ago it was a punishable crime to communicate in Welsh thanks to conservatives trying to eradicate it, especially that evil cow, Maggie Thatcher! For the world cup campaign Wales adopted protest song Yma O Hyd as the unofficial second anthem, and the very man behind the song, Dafydd Iwan, had himself served a prison sentence for "defacing a road sign" by writing the Welsh translation on it. I'm glad first language Welsh speakers are no longer being oppressed to speak English.

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    Fierrochase4life
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we are under appreciating tequila mockingbird. Legend in the making.

    James016
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I visited Cuba about 20 years ago. Everywhere that serves alcohol in Havana claims Ernest Hemingway drank there.

    Alexandru Bucur
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the scary part is there's a good chance they're speaking the truth...

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    Ploploplop
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hemingway said, "Write drunk, edit sober".

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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Midsummer Night's Drambuie. Tight as Andronicus. The Booze from Syracuse. To Beer or not to Beer. Romeo and Julep.

    Nathan Pogorzala
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is half-cocked and marlin fishing somewhere in the afterlife.

    Lesley Zed
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just about any successful writer out there.

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    Deth Invictus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, that means they are the animal mafia?

    Tushar Roy Mukherjee
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Enlighten me further on these " Little Thiefs" O Venerable Knowledge Provider!

    Janis Wise
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s funny because I always called my ferrets “furritus” although pronounced more like “fairritus”. Why? Haven’t a clue. I always make up nicknames for my critters. Oh, and “Little Thief” is so apropos.

    Rachel Reynolds
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom had two ferrets named CEO and CFO for exactly that reason (Ce and Fo for short)

    Joseph Kastorff
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i had a pet ferret. Can confirm, they are indeed little thieves. She'd grab small and shiny objects and hide them in her little burrow she made in her crate. Very sweet animal though.

    Dael Hauer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I own 3. I call them, "God's comedians". They were made to cause laughter and joy.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And businesses are enriched by their ferrethood.

    Pål Dyvik
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And a group of slimy, cold blooded, smelly creatures with extremely limited learning capabilities is called a SCHOOL. 🙈🙈🙈

    BeepBeepBoopBoop
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    did- are you calling ferrets ... slimy? or are you calling students slimy? I'm mildly offended by both

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    I’m ashamed to admit that I’m not fluent in any other languages, but I know a handful of words and phrases in several languages thanks to growing up in Texas, classes in school and university, and living in a couple countries that speak their own languages. But even the small amount of foreign languages I know has come in handy several times in my life. For example, when I was living in Sweden, I made an appointment to get a tattoo in Stockholm. I had booked the session via email in English, but when I arrived, I was told that the artist I had an appointment with couldn’t come in that day. Instead, there was another man who spoke fluent Spanish and Swedish (he was originally from Chile) who would handle my art for me. Through my broken Spanish, broken Swedish and a bit of his broken English, the appointment turned out to be a success. Sometimes, it’s not crucial to be perfect or know everything. You just need to listen and understand enough to make yourself understood.  

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    HelluvaHedgehogAlien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    (Random person): Your grammar sucks because you’re Chinese. (Me, very offended since I went to bilingual school since I’m 5): Hark, what brick through yonder window breaks? So technically my grammar DOES suck :D

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    Ghaniyah Verma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I seriously don't get why people think British in a British accent sounds like, "British," when clearly they say the t. At least in my head.

    CrazyCatLady
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Britain has lots of accents. The one in the meme is (I think) a London one where they don’t really say the “t”.

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    Jenelle Prins
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet a great many people don’t get this. I love it.

    tHeBoRdEsTpAnDa
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    See, I did actually changed my mental voice to read this in a `London accent`, despite the fact I live in and am from London

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    Eastendbird
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a roller coaster ride Rick's life has been: obscurity to fame to obscurity to fame again.

    BluEyedSeoulite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's pretty funny about it too. He straight up Rick Rolls people in person!! His teen daughter is always mortified lmao

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    Malwin Wellham
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are no strangers to cyber attacks. You know the (Cyber Security) rules and so do I.

    foofoofloofy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're under cyber attack but you're too shy to say it.

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    Deth Invictus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish Rick Astley responded to tweets like these with a link. 🤣

    Panic! at the Social Event
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah, he actually admits it here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

    tara
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I Will never give him up.

    Cassie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't click just anything after somebody linked to the picture of a newly born horse's hooves without any warning whatsoever. Every click is a risky click. If you want to look that up, you have been WARNED!

    SaneMinotaur (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh God, my sister showed me new-born horse hooves once... I was NOT prepared for what I saw, and I feel your pain, Cassie!

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    BluEyedSeoulite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get disappointed when I'm expecting a Rick Roll and don't get one. Then I have to go watch his Music video

    Carol Emory
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A better example would be Lisa Stansfield "Been Around the World" where she actively talks about stalking her ex.

    Christian Dyson
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine getting rickrolled. Couldn't be me

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    SCP 4666
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No mercy my children!

    Ash
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you for the translation! That makes it even funnier.

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    DE Ray
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact: 99.999% of German shepherds worldwide are dogs.

    Dodomaster
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've all needed a German shepherd at some point in our lives

    Simon
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The rare Battle sheep!!!! The once believed extinct race of roaming guard sheep, due to lack against the need of protection towards predator's, this rare and noble creature is once again called upon!!

    Sara W
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Took me a second to get but lol

    Bill Swallow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hah! We have an Anatolian Shepherd! Those Turkish Partisans are nothing to mess around with...

    Terra Raizor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was he going to stab the dog???

    Arenite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s like the scene in Jojo Rabbit when Sam Rockwell tells his aide Alfie Allen that they need some German Shepards for security. So Alfie rounds up a half dozen…German shepards.

    (Un)Inspired Aspiring Author
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No something my children, except I think I'd be Mein not Meine. Not 100% sure though, I'm new to German.

    Shyla Bouche
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how the German shepherd has dog in its official breed name.

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    ShaZam Beaubien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes ... that's why we can't do it

    Kharyss
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Mass” confusion 🤦🏻‍♀️😁

    Javel!
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    3 years ago

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    Marcellus II
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are thinking of a lizard or dragon. Bananas are smooth and free of scales.

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    Powerful Katrinka
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I upvoted for the first dog's expression.

    Andy Frobig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tell you what, people look down on mechanics for working with their hands, but they can use the metric system and you're at their mercy

    Terra Raizor
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed, if you look down upon someone for working ANY service job, I hope they set you straight!

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    Epona
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Double upvote! One for Shibe's and one for the pun.

    Gwen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it makes the world feel better, we use measurements from all known units when it fits the situation. That or, we can't measure with football fields, or a banana for scale!

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    @TheAndrewNadeau Report

    Maren Gärtner
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes I can't remember a word in my native language but I know the English word.

    OnAFreakingRollercoaster
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes the word in your second (or third, fourth, etc) language just works better than the same word in your mother tongue 🤷🏼‍♀️

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    Nilsen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being multilingual just means you forget the words in all languages at once

    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It gives you that air of je ne sais quoi.

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless you’re Hilliaria Baldwin.

    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yesterday I couldn't remember the name of a certain band, so I googled "Canadian band everyone hates". LOL! True story. Let me know if you need the answer. :)

    Annie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This will work great for my "senile" moments!

    Corvus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does it work when I forget my native word for it, but only remember the English word? :D

    Dick Fint
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dead on ... uh ... give me a second here .....

    Isabel Care
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lost the word "mushrooms" for over 10 years. I used "Edible fungus, not toadstools, fungi, champignons, and champinones" If someone told me the word, I would forget it again in seconds

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm like Kelly Bundy, whenever I learn a new fact, I lose an old one.

    Szirra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And for some reason you never lose „mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell“

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    arcane_gamer (they/them)
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A little bit of Erica by my side~

    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for getting that song stuck in my head now!

    Debrina Blackmoon
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_LN3XEcnw

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    Epona
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely HATE that song! Not just because it's catchy. Because it feels..sexist or something. Not misogynistic (quite the opposite). A word I don't want to use. Even about a man. A word that starts with P and ends with S (no, not peNis)

    Deth Invictus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mambo number 5 is a song about a sleazy bloke in my opinion.

    Marcellus II
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Truly flying in the face of public opinion here.

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    tara
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you think Angela and Pamela are the same friends of LL Cool J? "Lisa, Angela, Pamela, Renee I love you, you're from around the way"

    Alditekim
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think there's Sandra in the song. Prove me wrong. {You're welcome, Lou bega} :))

    Stephanie Barr
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work for NASA and I reached acronym saturation in 1996. Can't learn a new one without losing one at random. I feel this one on an elemental level. Why yes, I can sing nearly every song I've ever heard, including several in other languages. It's just a have a dead spot in my brain for names and acronyms.

    Alexandra Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before even knowing what the rest of this was going to say, reading those 4 names my brain did it by singing them in tune to the song!

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    juni
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too much added sugar for a smoothie, right? Right?

    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Irony is putting ketchup on your fruit salad.

    Nupraptor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad.

    Sir salad (he/him)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I. As a salad. Disagree with the following: Wisdom is knowing not to put fruit in a salad

    Rachel Cobb
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nihilism is knowing that the tomato will soon be gone along with the ketchup and the smoothie.

    Jk
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You pronounced tomato wrong. It's actually pronounced tomato.

    BeepBeepBoopBoop
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why- why did I read that in the opposite as I say it. Toe Mate Oh, then Toe mat Oh. it's the first one DAMNIT

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    Ben Schandorff
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How are all of them correct at the same time

    Valerie G.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It also is common sense to know that you don't throw ketchup against the wall.

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    Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm German dating an English man and I'm so glad I can tell him I love him in English because in German I'm shy and also it sounds like a thread

    csnakey
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I speak english and german and I and my friend (who speaks english, french and german) always change languages when we go into a deeper conversation

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    Passerby
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do. The last time I went to the doctor for my depression, I used English despite not being a native speaker. It is kinda easier. Thankfully the doctor can speak English. It also helps that I am an English teacher, so I am comfortable with English too. In my head, there are mother-tongue speaking me and English-speaking me (there is also feral, gibberish-speaking me, but we do not talk about him.)

    OnAFreakingRollercoaster
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha. I am obliged to speak in my second language everytime I'm "opening up" to anyone 🤷🏼‍♀️ i don't know who I am anymore 🤔🤔🤔🔎🔎🔎

    Claudia Schmid
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes!!! I thought I was weird but apparently there are other people who feel that way.

    Penny Lost
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhh... Okay, this explains a lot!

    F. Jeske
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolut. Also the best option if married to a person who also diesnt speak English as first language. Use english to discuss family problems. That avoids that one is emotional in his mother tongue. Avoids much problems

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    A B C the Third
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BP: posting something that literally has FÙCK as the FÙCKING PUNCHLINE, yet censoring it. For FÙCK'S sake, BP, either stop your censoring bullshít or don't post anything like this.

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's well and truly f****d.

    Marcellus II
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My plumber getting straight to the point, "See here, the f*****g f****r is f*****g f****d".

    Kurt Hillig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At the frat house dinner table (*many* years ago) I once heard someone say (direct quote): "That f*****g f****r was so f*****g f****d he couldn't f*****g f**k the f****r!" Nobody knew what he was talking about, but everybody knew what he meant.

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    DE Ray
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's also "I can listen to you speak with pretty good understanding all day, but ask me to respond and watch the failure".

    EP
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well said. Comprehend listening but failure to create structured sentences as easily as the listening comprehension.

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    Passerby
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Translation is so hard , no matter how proficient you are with the language. Literal translation often comes out awkward, so it requires the second translation to make it sounds more natural, which I find really hard. Some sentences or turns of phrases just don't work in your language, as the ideas behind them literally don't exist in your cultures.

    BluEyedSeoulite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! I was talking to my sister about ajummas and it was easier to just teach her the word and describe them as "Grandma when she wants to talk to the manager." Now we have the word Karen so that helps immensely. There are also ajumma by age and ajumma mentality, the latter are Karens

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    mummy pig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its like when I see a post here on bp, i'll immediately think of something great to comment. Then I will lost it on typing. Then I probably won't post it. Which I almost did again with this comment

    Chekl 27
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    direct translation of toothpaste in cantonese is 'teeth sauce'

    Tobias the Tiger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's why I get frustrated when someone immediately asks me "What did they say?" when someone speaks Spanish in a movie or something like that. I don't know, man.

    BluEyedSeoulite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do this to my husband when I can't get all the Korean. He just tells me what I could literally see with my eyes like, "Her dad died" No duh lol

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    alwaysMispelled
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When a friend asks me what my mom just said... I totally KNOW what she said, but how do I tell YOU what she said... dammit

    MellonCollie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm glad to see I'm not the only one, but as a translator it sure is annoying!!

    Margaret H
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to dream in Italian, but do you think I could ever speak fluently? You must be joking. I'd struggle to tell you my name!

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    Autistic apricot
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s my language and I’ve given up, massive well done to anyone who has learnt it

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is no such thing as "has learnt it" - the struggle goes on forever

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    juni
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    German has rhe same word, same meaning, same spelling. We pronounce it with a lovely little throaty ch sound. We did not give up. English though...uhm.

    Fred L.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the more common spelling here is Jacht, isn´t it? Meanwhile that is derivate from the English word ... which of course is derivate from a Dutch word ...

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    Pansexual Child of Hades
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I nearly gave up 'cause thought is not through, though thorough is similar to though, whereas tough is an entirely different matter.

    Phillip Hart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't 'tough' where you start to get the ghoti fish?

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    Luna Crow
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't imagine. Makes me grateful that English is my first language, I just wish I'd been born in an English speaking country that also teaches a second language

    Zia Barrett
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Squirrel is worse for ESL learners. Heck, I'm fluent in English, it still my second language though, I have a linguistics degree, and the word "squirrel" can go f*ck itself. Can't pronounce it for anything.

    von Krawall
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Skwiwwl works great in german. Nobody ever noticed I say it that way 😆

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    Jiminy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just pronounce it the way it is meant to and if an English-speaker doesn't understand, it's his problem.

    mark glass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rough. Slough. Bough. Through. Though. State the rule for ESL students to know how each is pronounced. Go ahead. Make my day.

    New Everywhere
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Laugh, cough but then through, WTF English

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about a burrito then? A little burrow.

    User# 6
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Manuel, there is too much butter on those trays

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is no confusing the word a*s with a hole in the ground in English English, as the word is a**e.

    Jiminy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I may be stupid, but what has the donkey to do with it? I never heard about donkey butter or a donkey burrow.

    lenka
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A Burro is a small donkey. Usually used to refer to a donkey used a pack carrier. A*s is also another word for Donkey. So someone who doesn't know the difference between Burro (donkey or a*s) and burrow (a hole in the ground). Its very clever.

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    CrazyCatLady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never heard of either and I’m half british…

    lenka
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps they should borrow a dictionary?

    Evelyn Haskins
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is 'a*s' considered a rude word? A*s Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › a*s The meaning of A*S is any of several hardy gregarious African or Asian perissodactyl mammals (genus Equus) smaller than the horse and having long ears; (Even in Webster!!)

    SobyKay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    laughed way too hard at this

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    Lesley Zed
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah went on vacation to Cuba. Lots of Canadians including myself. Between switching from English to a bit of French then a bit of Spanish, sometimes my Oui and my Si ,and my Merci and Gracias got mixed up. Comprende?

    Lawrie Weiser
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Quebec I asked for, a coffee to go. I got a coffee with milk.

    (Un)Inspired Aspiring Author
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember watching this in 7th grade geography during state testing week

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    Corvus
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In case someone doesn't get it - Thomas Harris is the author of "The Silence of the Lambs", which features a famous cannibal - Hannibal ;)

    OnAFreakingRollercoaster
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds me of imaginary books we used to make up at the dinner table such as "Rusty Bedsprings" by I P Knightly, etc ... 😉🤣

    SCP 4666
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hurderer durderer I'm a murderer🤤

    Sonja Nita
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Made me lol I almost woke the baby.

    crazy_stupid
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or "Cliff Tragedy" by Eileen Dover

    Evelyn Haskins
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or Smith the smith. Or baker the baker. Potter the potter?

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    tara
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you were here before, I couldn't look you in the Pie.

    tara
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha ha oh...that's not how I intended that to sound. You should never look anyone in the Pie.

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    Pål Dyvik
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You stupid sign maker, you focaccia best bread! 🙈

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just say 'wooster' with a bite of bread in your mouth

    Garry Cowan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't even start with Edinburgh

    Eastendbird
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah the old "E-din-burrow"/"E-din-burg pronunciations favoured by our American friends!

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    An Be
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do these ladies remind me of the aunties of 'Turning Red'?

    Ciara Jennifer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I form my mouth for the letter "r" then say the word so it comes out like "wer-ster-sher." I don't care if it's wrong, it is the easiest way for me.

    Bob La Capra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my family it was pronounced what's-this-here sauce

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    3 Owls In A Coat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember when BC had random feet washing up on the beach?

    Shyla Bouche
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember the feet. That was weirder than fish rain.

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    Epona
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is nobody else going to upvote for Henry Cavill? I will!

    Hestia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *proud owner of depression*

    Lydia Holmes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all fun and games till you get their giant offspring...

    The Gay Pollinator
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I… I read it as 5’6” at first for some reason. God, I’m so tired

    sofacushionfort
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe my third leg might allow some reconsideration?

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    #28

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    InvincibleRodent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm so mad at the word "oiseaux" for this reason. It means "birds". NONE of the letters are pronounced the way you'd think lol.

    Robert T
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something like "waz-oh". Sort of makes sense when you see how those letters are pronounced in other French words.

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    James016
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife, who is from northern Cyprus, and subsequently my son pronounce the l in salmon. British people don't do that

    The_Canadian_Zebra
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yaourt, yogourt and yoghourt are all french for yogourt. Though here in quebec we never use yaourt.. And also vert, ver, verre, vers and vair are all pronounced the same but all have different meanings.

    Stephanie Rodrigue
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Minute, vair, qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? Now everyone can talk about the ç lolll

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    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right...just take alook at "eggs" in french it's " oeufs". We only pronounce the letter "e" here.

    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "We don't even bother to pronounce more than half a word"

    Carol Emory
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And why do Americans think that if someone doesn't understand English they should yell it louder and slower. They're monolingual..not deaf.

    Pål Dyvik
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Cough!* Leicester & Worcestershire

    Strahd Ivarius
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the worst one is English anyway: a word with 5 letters where you pronounce only the first one

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    Do-nut touch da donut
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🙃Hola, ¿como estas hoy? ¿Tu bien? Yo soy un donut🍩.🙂

    A random marvel nerd <3
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🙃¡Hola!¡Soy una buena persona Donut! ¡Soy una nerd! ¿Cómo va tu día?🙂

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    AlexJ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Took me a while and my native language is Spanish. Well done, OP!

    Gabriela
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me atrevería a decir que exhibes un sorprendente manejo del español :D

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    #30

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    @pakalupapitow Report

    blobby_grrl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's be insecure together!

    BeepBeepBoopBoop
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    me too! Anxiety won't let me ask if I can be there so I'll just.. be there

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    Carol Emory
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No dammit. C is for cookie and that's good enough for me!

    3 Owls In A Coat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Welp that’s going to be stuck in my head all night now 😂

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    Twinbowser
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    C4 is a type of explosive and is pronounced the same way as ‘c for’

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    Amanda Rose
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A favorite of the mythbusters.

    Philly Bob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL! You can play with it, mold it and even cook with it. Just don't electrify it.

    Alditekim
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plastic? It's bad for the environment then...

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's eat Grandma vs Let's eat, Grandma!

    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Help Jack off a horse vs Help j******f a horse.

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    Cyber Returns
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knowing your sh*t and knowing you're sh*t

    General Anaesthesia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Panda eats shoots and leaves vs. The Panda eats, shoots, and leaves.

    badger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I helped my uncle jack, off a horse.

    Jordi Sharpe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a difference between helping your uncle, Jack, off his horse, and helping your uncle Jack off his horse.

    Kay Christensen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like cooking, kids, and dogs VS I like cooking kids and dogs.

    Lia77
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grammarians don't die, they just fall into commas

    Frank Miller
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I helped my uncle jack off a horse. I helped my uncle, jack, off a horse.

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    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me, who didnt understand the joke: damn , that "its okay take your time" made me laugh and I don't know why.

    Hono Klatuu
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes if you don't win something in a competition they give you something called a "consolation prize" just for trying.

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    DE Ray
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OSHA inspectors spend all day looking at stuff that's nsfw.

    Falcon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I doubt OSHA cares about indecent exposure.

    Debby Keir
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uk uses NFFP - not fit for purpose - who's Osha though?

    DE Ray
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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    InvincibleRodent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saatana, perkele, vittu, macarena! Eeeeey, macarena!

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    SCP 4666
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basque be like " hold my beer"

    Panda Kicki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel you buddy. I learned some nice swear words and gave up.

    Paulo Freitas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Laughing in " Portuguese ( not Brasílian Portuguese, EU Portuguese ) "

    Disco Hippie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also other languages are hard for us to learn, because there are no similarities. And wtf is with she/he, a/an etc. So hard so hard!

    Btsquestrian
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Laughs in Korean language learner*

    Miki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the sound of that language.

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Ain't much, but it's honest work"

    blobby_grrl
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh crop that is a legen-dairy pun

    N G
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wheat a minute, that's too corny to post here

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    On a whim
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Barley makin’ grade larst year. He’d be chafed with this. The neighbour accidentally sprayed his wheat oot… he’s the district’s No 1 cerial killer…. I’ll let meself out…

    David
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the first time I heard that joke was in 1971. Had a friend who loved to reel off the "groaner jokes". (Jokes so bad their success is rated by the groans they receive)

    dev mehta
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is also related to actor Russell Crowe

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    blobby_grrl
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, I reckon he's on F-LEEK

    Ray Heap
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm! That’s a leek, not a leak. Two different things…… …could not resist….!

    parmadillo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Careful, that’s stalking behavior

    Epona
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only way stalking is funny or appropriate!

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    Doggo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tbh, the over-buttered one looks really good

    JD Cass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Too much butter" is difficult for my brain to imagine...

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    badger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this picture is making me hungary.

    David Gripon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every one of those cookies looks delicious!

    BeepBeepBoopBoop
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    except the flour one... I can just imagine it as like dry and maybe a few clumps of flour in there... AH

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    Dozingdahlias
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would eat every single one of those

    RoanTheMad
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finnish in the corner with the shifty eyes rn

    Hestia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t add too much egg. This is both a warning and a threat.

    SCP 4666
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basque be like : B***h please 😆

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Non, mais je parle francais comme une vache espagnol. ;-)

    SaneMinotaur (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'No, I speak French but I'm a Spanish cow'; totally sure that's the correct translation :D

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    Papa Het
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The hottest of the hottest

    rodger coghlan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No habla Francaise; No sprechen Espaniol, No parles vous Deutsch (I obviously speak none of the languages)

    Sarah Cofer
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    Nein. Wies keinlein schlafen weil.

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It means "upper shelf", you dirty dirty minds 🙃

    Elin Stenqvist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upper shelf police? Are the lower shelf police no good?

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    Marcos Valencia
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Entering the police station for surrending myself: "I've been a very bad boy..."

    Panda Kicki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My IVF clinic is at Horni Lane 😂. I guess all abroad patients has laughed about it.

    ShaZam Beaubien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just spit coffee ... I have an childish English mind

    Marcos Valencia
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Entering this place is absolutely up to you.

    Isaac Harvey
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Norwegian, "farts" means "speed." You can imagine how odd the speed limit signs are to people with English as their first language.

    Arenite
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Umm what language is this?

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do we call a study of talking bugs, then?

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    Anne Jones
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    English…Water..(war terr)

    Paulo Freitas
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lmao, this One is frikking hilarious.

    LadyKing
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quickly googled water in French. Came back to laugh along with everyone else

    SaneMinotaur (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gimme a second. *Comes back* Ahhh, I can now join the laughter :D

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    Laura Mende (Human)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WITCHCRAFT!!! BURN THEM ON A PILE OF OLD DEATH-METAL GUITARS!!

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Danish was invented when a Swedish person got drunk and started slurring their words.

    ShaZam Beaubien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brilliant joke from Sweden. Let's make incredible cheap furniture and watch the American's lose their minds trying to put it together.

    Elin Stenqvist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no! You found out about our plan for world domination! Curses!

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    SCP 4666
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you try to pronounce all the furniture names at Ikea and accidentally summon an ancient demon

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    Anonymous
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This an untranscribably exquisite method of conveying the message of your dilemma.

    Electra Complex
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, I remember so much random Spanish vocab and not a speck of grammar

    Potato Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is exactly how I am with German. As for Chinese, just flip it and swap writing and vocab.

    mummy pig
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need to attack me like that🥺

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    Haywood Jablome
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "May I offer you an egg in this trying time?" -Frank Reynolds

    Timbob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And California is a state, that when you get there, there is no there y there!

    Let’s Go Brandon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Ich möchte die heilige Kartoffel sehen.“ - Duolingo

    AlexJ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course it's a Russian saying. It's potato!

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    CORGI QUEEN
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    bjork is norwegen for bark. (this is a joke i don't know norwegen)

    Alecto76
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I learn a new language (it's a hobby), I make sure to look up the word "something" early on just for this question. Looks impressive and funny to me.

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you can eat at an eatery, if that's any consolation

    Sarah Kathrin Matsoukis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Germany you can food your food in a city called food. Essen.

    Philly Bob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We do "the wash" in a washer when we wash clothes but we don't do "the dry." We use a dryer to dry the clothes.

    Telepathetic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you can Park in a Driveway and Drive on a Parkway

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's appreciate a nice piece of dad joke.

    Brendan
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Such a shame that wouldn't work in the UK. I would have totally used that joke on my wife.

    Twinbowser
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait, but I’m from the uk (Midlands, England) and I say can opener, as does everyone I know, so it works for some of us

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    Bob La Capra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, there are a few songs I liked a lot before I actually understood the lyrics

    Calfun
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Laughs in Maxwell's Sliver Hammer

    Perendinator
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey there, people, I'm Bobby Brown

    Justaboredpotato
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, for me the song was Ride It by Regard and Cake by the Ocean by DNCE oh and also Ice Cream by Blackpink. And I'm not even an adult yet

    Im_ya_girl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do that now. It sucks being mature for my age

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    Beeps
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Betty Botter bought some butter, but the butter, it was bitter. If she put it in her batter, it would make her batter bitter, but a bit of better butter, that would make her batter better. So, she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, And she put it in her batter, and her batter was not bitter. So, T'was better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.

    Beeps
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I used to teach English to non-native speakers, I always used this poem to teach pronunciation, especially when they pronounced ‘Max’ like ‘mexx’ or ‘hat’ like ‘hett’.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is this not number 1. English reallty is hard. Hear here. There they're their.

    Panic! at the Social Event
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I literally had no idea what was going on by the third one, and English is my first language

    Penny Lost
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He raised the house and then he razed the house (burned it down).

    Philly Bob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She read the red book she had already read.

    Anonymous
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How come there's no homograph for "homograph"?

    Chris
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    13 should be: "Two people were too close to the door to close it"

    Isabel Care
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Number 9 doesn't work in UK English. The dove dived into the bushes.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well she did have an "a**s horriblis" (yes, I know it's spelt annus).

    Lawrencium
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, Helium Helium Helium are noble gases.

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    Strawberry Pizza
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    England version: SQUARE UP BRUV SQUARE UP DO U THINK UR A BIG MAN MATE COME ON LETS GO

    Kharyss
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough……

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    KJ
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whose line is it anyway is a great show, both the british and american version.

    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    French version:Pain au chocolat. NAN CHOCOLATINE

    Dinosaur
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or walk into the room singing P!nk

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    Paulo Freitas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of a joke a non native Portuguese speaker once did, how to speak EU Portuguese: 1st be Russian, 2nd get pissed drunk, 3rd try to speak Spanish.....

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    3 years ago

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got to be good lookin cause he's so hard to see

    WoodenLion
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    let's come together right now. [that's not a pickup line - don't get me banned).

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    Alecto76
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since this song is from my mom's generation, I love listening to it with her and asking "what does that mean" after each lyric.

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is there a Victoria's Secret drawer around too?

    Trigga
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You got no middle secret 😞

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    Pixie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What was that name of the poor girl? JKMN?

    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take them out and you've got Noee but there's still two of those.

    Artsy Bookworm
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That took me way too long to get. For anyone who didn't get it, it says No 'L' but Noelle has two 'L'....

    SCP 4666
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey girl, wanna Netflix and chi? It`s like Netflix and chill but with Noelle

    the 22nd pilot
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess my middle name is weird then :/

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    Timbob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, they should have left long before they turned 35.

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    Caro Caro
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    StofZuigerSlang. Now try to say that after a couple of glasses of booze :)

    arcane_gamer (they/them)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    StuffZu- Stof- Ah, shcrew it! Gemme another-gemme another drink!

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to call it a dooger. I have no idea why.

    Lyuben Petkov
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    vacuum cleaner is also "dust_sucker" in Bulgarian

    Timbob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In English, we call this a Proctoscope.

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    Jellicle bat
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People always have like 11 day streaks and miss 5 days and I always thought that everybody has a 358 day streak

    Justaboredpotato
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a 400+ day streak and I thought the same lol

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    Jesse
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swedish Duolingo is polite though

    MK86
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's currently yelling at me for not practicing my Korean last night.

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    AndThenICommented
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I definitely would confuse this with a campaign for at-work masturbation

    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you hard work you hard play

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    Cal the dragon (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA LÄDERLAPPEN

    A B C the Third
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Lederlappen" in German would translate to "leather rug", so it's double funny to me

    TheElderNom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd translate it as leather patch in English.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well Herr Fledermaus wouldn't sound very scary would it!

    Jellicle bat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fledermann. NANANANANANANANANANANA FLEDERMANN

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    F. Jeske
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And i thought that the Netherlands was the country that kills all names in translation. Talk to a person that read Lord of the Rings in dutch or Harry Potter? Good luck. All names changed. Gregs diary? NL Braams dagboek.... And the list goes on.

    Nina
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wahahaha ... 🤣🤣🤣

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    CHRIS DOMRES
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gigglemug is my new favorite word!

    Jordi Sharpe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awwwww, now I feel bad for Morbius. "He's morbin'!" 😥 "Poor fellow."

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1. hasn't really dropped out of usage. ;-)

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    Klingsor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kokko, kokoo kokoon koko kokko. Koko kokkoko? Koko kokko. --> Kokko (Finnish man name), assemble the whole bonfire. The whole bonfire? The whole bonfire.

    AndThenICommented
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because of the wonderful things he does?

    Bob La Capra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't have anywhere near enough up votes. Well done

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    OnAFreakingRollercoaster
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In France you can have an entire conversation just using "ça va". Like "ça va?" "Ça va ça va" "ça va" "ça va" etc. Quite impressive actually

    AJW
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A similar thing can be done in Northern England with the word "alright." "Alright!" (Hello) "Alright! Alright?" (Hello. How are you?) "Alright. Alright?" (Fine thanks, and how are you?) "Alright. Alright, alright." (I'm fine. Ok then, see you later.) "Alright, alright." (Ok, bye.)

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

    Potato Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    German: Fischers Fritze fischt frische Fische --> Fritz, the fisherman’s son, fishes for fresh fish

    Mia Black
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach. When flies fly behind flies, flies fly after flies.

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    Saint Thomas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    (French) Si ton tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu = if your uncle shaves your uncle, your uncle will be shaved.

    Robert T
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I first saw "nogle nøgler på nøgleringen" in Danish, I thought it was some kind of typo. It means "some keys on a keyring". All that differentiates "some" from "key" is an accent, and you put "r" on the end to make it a plural.

    Falcon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess that's why they say our language is more difficult for English speakers to learn 🤔

    Kaisa
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is hard even for native speaker. I should know.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ministry of Silly Talks. ;-)

    Potato Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah first thing I did before learning German was google translate the s word

    ShellsBells
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was learning German on the Memrise app, 3rd word was scheiße. We say sh¡t show a lot at work, so everyone is learning scheiße zeigen to not sound so vulgar.

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    ShaZam Beaubien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not sure that is true. Most people learning a language ... the 1st step is profanity

    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dated a deaf guy in college and learned some sign language for him. (Even though he read lips so well some people didn't realize he was deaf) Now the only damn signs I remember are for beer, drunk, and penis. :) And the alphabet of course - but it's kind of hard to have a conversation by spelling everything.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's the kind of girl who goes into a garage and ask them to put some 710 in her car.

    Fred L.
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now for people who don´t speak car please?

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    Vera Diblikova
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How american bulldog can understand to german shepherd? or czech fousek? french griffon? OR american bulldog from Prague?

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    Carol Emory
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband and I saw a truck driving past us with 5 ladders strapped on it. He said "Look...it's a ladder hunter heading home with his quarry."

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    @jenshealthde Report

    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In many countries New Year's Eve is referred to as Old Year's Night.

    Temporary Dork
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Dutch have "between the afternoon" for lunch break.

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    SCP 4666
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma, Camelia. You come in Gold - you come in gold. Loving will beasy if he covers a light Madrid. Wrapped goat in green - wrapped goat in green🎶

    Anonymous
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doctor: "The DNA tests are in. My friend will explain." Nurse: (Strums guitar) "Phillipe's not your dad."

    Little Wonder
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just sang it. I recommend it because then I laughed so hard I worried my dog.

    Beeps
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t know, guess we’ll just have to keep singing Ken Lee in the meantime. [sings 🎼 tulibu dibu dauchuu🎶]

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks to that person I'm going to have Boney M stuck in my head the rest of the night.

    Tamara
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😂 i am crying with laughter, what the jibberish do they think a lease knobby dot is?

    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I spent way too long singing along with "One Ton Tomata, I eat a one ton tomata" (Guantanamera)

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love these. Reminds me of the popup hairdressers, "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow".

    ShaZam Beaubien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Cause I wonder where you are and I wonder what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely or is someone loving you? Tell me how to win your heart, for I haven't got a clue But let me start by saying, I love you

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And when you study Afrikaans at university they make you read Dutch novels. And it's then that you realise that those three centuries were a frakking long time!

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The opposite of Progress is Congress!

    A B C the Third
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😱 oh my, BP forgot to censor a "fúck"! MY EYES! MY POOR VIRGIN EYES!

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The answer is you can join them both. But I guess the joke wouldn’t work as well! I’m going to be so upset if the new Elder Scrolls is only on PS5.

    Szirra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It won’t be. Since Microsoft bought Bethesda it probably won’t even be published for PS.

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    Max
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I just had a stroke

    Wesley Stewart
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, I'll have no problem not blocking with a jar, but with a hand, as it damages THE. belly button.

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    Cuppa tea?
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clear as a mud. Comply to the ladder.

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    Headless Roach
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're all living in Amerika / Amerika ist wunderbar 🎶

    Alecto76
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rammstein recently came to Chicago. I don't really know their stuff and I don't speak German. But I loved it. Absolutely no idea what they are saying or what is happening. Is that a demon baby? Why are you cooking your keyboardist in a cauldron? No idea. I will never pass up the opportunity to see them again.

    OnlyMe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm feeling very called out right now

    Corvus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One thing I know about Rammstein is that their pronunciation of "-ch" is peculiar - it sounds like "sh" (e.g. "Du Hast Mish" or "Ish Will").

    Jiminy
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No they don't? They speak a very clear "ch", not a "sh".

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    Esme Love and Squalor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hehehe! We drank this growing up as a special treat. My folks are pretty conservative. The other brand is called Abuelita (little grandma)

    Khavrinen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good. Conservatives taste terrible.

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    Paulo Freitas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man, the pletora of joke's i could make...

    Khavrinen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this a common problem in India?

    Vic_UA
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is there a story behind that?

    dev mehta
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't laugh. English is an official language in India

    Aidan Campbell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That looks like Delhi International.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As one of my friends says, "I don't mumble swearwords, I enunciate them properly, like a f*****g lady" :D

    A B C the Third
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And once again, the punchline ruined by BP's censoring fad. ÀSS.

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    ShaZam Beaubien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you for saying what I always thought was happening.

    Puck
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That happens sometimes, but i also know people that speak multiple languages at a high (fluent/ near fluent) level. P.e. my Swiss/Dutch nephews speak both languages well and can switch mid-sentence. They are better at Swiss and German because they live and went to school in Switzerland, but they can also have adult conversation in Dutch. The same goes for my Swiss BIL & Dutch SIL and several German or German/Dutch friends.

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    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Which witch?" " hahaha I'm done , happy halloween"

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    Clarissa De Simoni
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For non-Italian speakers: "telefono" means telephone, it was obviously asking for the phone number but the person that filled the form thought they were asking about what phone model they owned

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    Jesse
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Germanic language natives: Pathetic.

    ShaZam Beaubien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jesse ... have you ever watched Dana Carvey's German's who say nice things ... it's how English people see German language ... also my family originally German ... so I find it hysterical

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    laughs in German...ä... ü... ö ...

    Mona
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally the face my husband makes when he tries to say Ø.

    setsuriseikou
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see your Norwegian ö and I raise you Russian ы. No, it's not just small BL. It's a letter that no native Russian words begin with, except for the specific verb ыкать: "to say the ⟨ы⟩-sound").

    Andrei Marentette
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the way that looks is like you don;t say o

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    badger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    laughs in French 99 times

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's often elongated to "Qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?".

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Finnish: mitä se on (what it is?)

    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me patiently waiting for french with a smile on my face

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    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm trying to learn japanese by myself. Wish me luck with the kanjis.

    Almostfoxlike
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our teacher had us associate the kanji with an object it *kinda* looked like with that sound. It *kinda* helped. Flashcards tho. Flashcards

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve wanted to learn an Asian language for a while and this meme sums up why I eventually chose Korean. One simple writing system (Korean Hangul) vs. complicated Chinese characters or multiple writing systems in Japanese.

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So when you order a chai tea, you're asking for tea tea.

    InvincibleRodent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chai tea (tea tea) with naan bread (bread bread) by the Sahara desert (desert desert).

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    Eastendbird
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK Portuguese, what the hell happened?

    Philly Bob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like "The Los Angeles Angels..." The The Angels Angels?

    SykesDaMan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In north Africa it's Tai (or Atay) so it's a little bit of both! :)

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    Kharyss
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve always had a particular fondness for “defenestrate”. The idea that someone actually decided we need a special word for throwing someone out of a window is somewhat alarming though.

    SaneMinotaur (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is oddly specific. I guess 'Shut your mouth before I throw you bodily from this room, by means of rugby tackling you towards the window at such force that you shatter the glass and descend to the ground!', is too mouthy if you're riled up and ready to yeet someone out of the window.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    De-liver means to take the liver out. It’s a play on words. She’s going to deliver the baby.

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    A B C the Third
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One could think a pirate's favourite letter would be R, but honestly, their only true love is the C.

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...in the bathroom. But was it a Spanish cow?

    Jaya
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The original is even funnier: it was not just because there was a cow *somewhere*, but because there was a cow in my bathroom.

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    memyselfandI
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But my father’s already been named!

    Tim Douglass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then he definitely has to be named after your father!

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    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tiberious? OK, never mind. We'll call him Jim.

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Collect call from Gladiator, hold the lion sir

    Cal the dragon (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I got Natural by Imagine Dragons stuck in my head

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    Stephanie Did It
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Learning a language so you can ask where the bathroom is 😫

    Artsy Bookworm
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you wait a little longer you won't have to ask...

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, a cunning linguist, I see.

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    Corvus
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, he thought it would be "Veni, vidi, vici", but he made one serious error - he used Greek letters, instead of Latin. Oooops.

    Nandros M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... and he used wrong Greek letters (Σ=S, Π=P, Φ=F)

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first one is the volume of a segment of a cylinder of length V. ;-)

    Alecto76
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought it would be funny to get a tattoo saying "I make poor decisions" in a language other than my native one but also making sure it was spelled/said wrong.

    Nathan Pogorzala
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is rather arrogant for a 19-year-old, plus ya know, it's wrong.

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    Toasted Applesauce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds me of a joke my mother told me: Would Daniel Radcliffe ever play a hobbit? No, but Elijah Wood.

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    Laura Mende (Human)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTF SCHWEIZ?!?! FINKEN??? Alles andere ist nachvollziehbar!

    Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also Finken sind Hausschuhe und Latschen sind stark benützte, alte Schuhe hier (zumindest in meiner Gegend, wir haben ja gefühlt pro Tal ein Dialekt). In der Patsche kann man sitzen und eine Schlappe erleiden, aber warum man die auch gleich anziehen will, keine Ahnung 😂

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Schlappen in English are large, webby spade hackles from a rooster.

    Ninette T
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pantoffels in the Netherlands makes more sense now

    Dani M
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am Viennese but prefer saying Schlapfen to Patschen....

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    C**p this reminds me of a pub i use to go, but the buggers didn't had the " stick man " figures on their toilet Doors, they had de masculin and feminin symbols, which was way to stupid to know which One was which.... And never for a moment i found it wierd that the men toilet didn't had any urinals.... My friends had a great night mocking my a*s..

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would it have been better if they had "holes" and "poles"?

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He-Mans long lost brother Fe-Man

    Telepathetic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If a steakhouse Mens Room is marked "Bulls" then.......??

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in good old Louisiana damn near everyone has replaced the letter o with eaux. The rest of us hate it.

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    DE Ray
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Error 404; Your haiku could not be found.; Try again later.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting that Lt. Cmdr. Data in Star Trek TNG is pronounce Day-ta and Dat-a.

    Isabel Care
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another one that doesn't work in UK as they sound the same

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    Little Wonder
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Words that sound the same but have different meanings and sometimes spellings. Like flour and flower for example.

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They forgot aspect - the f-ing worst

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My French teacher lets us use both :)

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    Guido Pisano
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All your base are belong to us

    ShaZam Beaubien
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tring to decipher the code and keep coming back to ... am I an idiot ... or are they?

    Eline
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We take for open are out?

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    Nandros M
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Spanish and Portuguese any word starting with "al" is probably of Arabic origin.

    Philly Bob
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    English - Pineapple: And go.... LOL!

    Ines Olabarria-Smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    800 years were the Moors in the peninsula, some things stuck.

    Upstaged75
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite Spanish word is the one for stewardess. It's azafata. The z is pronounced like an s. :)

    setsuriseikou
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Бэзил is a name. The plant is базилик (bazilik) in Russian.

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    lenka
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like something I'd hear current day teenagers say :-)

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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    V33333P
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah the good ol' local Cuth Pube

    memyselfandI
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got The Cube, but is the PU making Pub or Pube?

    TheFloydist
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Cube Pub? Thanks I hate it.

    Laura
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cut the Pube! Intimate hairdresser?

    Kharyss
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read it as the Pube Cube. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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    Paulo Freitas
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nop lol, thats Brasílian Portuguese, EU Portuguese is " amo-te "

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    dev mehta
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like the Mexican version !

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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Errr, what?