Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squaretrashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThe one reason that Polish is so funny to me is the amount of homophones between it and my native language with vastly different meanings. One of the funniest being: Szukać - To look for (Polish) Šukať - To fuck (Slovak, improper/slang) Both pronounced the same way.
minus-squareConfusedPossum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoLovely. I used to have a Ukrainian coworker and she overheard me use the word ‘zoeken’ (search) and she thought I was swearing as I didn’t pronounce the ‘n’ strongly
The one reason that Polish is so funny to me is the amount of homophones between it and my native language with vastly different meanings.
One of the funniest being:
Szukać - To look for (Polish)
Šukať - To fuck (Slovak, improper/slang)
Both pronounced the same way.
Lovely. I used to have a Ukrainian coworker and she overheard me use the word ‘zoeken’ (search) and she thought I was swearing as I didn’t pronounce the ‘n’ strongly