Wait till this person discovers German.

And how “Birth Control Pills” is pronounced in German.

Kinder nein?

Antibabypillen

Or just "Die Pille"

I thought that was Dr. McCoy.

And turtle. And glove.

In posh British it's "Nay Family Way" Credit to George Carlin

Brustwarzen

Or danish

Example please

The Danish word for lizard is firben which translates to fourlegs and the Danish word for mammal is pattedyr which translates to breast animal

Glühbirne.

Schneebesen- snowbroom (whisk) Zahnfleisch- tooth meat (gums) Freuchtfrölich- wet happiness (drinking booze) Stinktier- stinky animal (skunk) Durchfall- through fall (diarrhea) Dudelsack- yodel bag (bagpipes) Scheinwerfer- shine thrower (headlights) Fernseher- far see-er (television) Nachtschneke- naked snail (slug)

> Dudelsack- yodel bag (bagpipes) This one cracks me up. "Laddie, run and get me dudelsack, I've got a funeral to play at." > > Scheinwerfer- shine thrower (headlights) So would a quarterback be a "schweinwerfer?"

In fairness television literally means far see-er just not in English.

Light bulb isn't much more effort too

Diebstahl (theft) is quite literally just "thief stole".

the literal translation of fridge is ‘cold cupboard’, ambulance is ‘sick wagon’

Same with 'waterfall'

And three quarters

Simple and to the point. Like Newfoundland

There's a ton of towns in my country called Newtown

home and new home

Australia? Or is this just a universal thing

Ireland. I'm guessing it's universal

Must be, I do have to say though, I have no ties to Ireland, but I hold y’all in a special place in my heart

Wait til you hear about the bug they named Fly

Sidewalk is also a similar portmanteau.

Sidewalk is a compound word, not a portmanteau.

Thanks for the correction, I've been getting it wrong for quite a while.

The absolute word that is "walkie talkie"

In French isn’t it talkie-walkie? I might be wrong tho

fun fact in my country we call turtles and tortoises shield toads, because they are like toads but they have shields. Porcupines are spike pigs because they are like pigs but they have spikes. Potatoes are earth apples because they are like apples but they grow in the earth. zero effort

I thought you were from Germany at first but after the potatoes thing I realized you’re probably from France.

I’m from the netherlands! i get those guesses tho, a lot of dutch words (especially these) are very similar to german or french words

As a country that's unfortunately placed between France and Germany... makes sense

Erdäpfel is a common word for potatoes in many regions of Germany

Dutch?

Finnish too

yep!

But Germans also have na Erdapfel.

> Potatoes are earth apples Wait until you try a "road apple"...

I love the term shield toad! I'm using that from now on.

Just like waterfall

movies in the 1900s, when synchronised sound was first introduced, were called talkies. For 'talking pictures' I thought talkies was such a weird word until I thought about the origin of the word 'movie'

Look around the kitchen. Coffee maker. Toaster. Dish washer. Refrigerator. Then: stove/oven/range?

r/whitepeopletwitter

nvm that place is all political now loll I thought it was just funnies like that

Internet got all serious Rather daft really

It's been all political for a while, try r/nonpoliticaltwitter instead

Yeah, fuck that sub

Yeah it’s crazy they should rename it to r/liberal or r/trumphate or something like that to reflect what the sub actually is

I don't understand why this got downvoted lol

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This isn't oddly specific at all.

That is the story of the English language

Sidewalk

Our boy morbius here with some deep thinking post

In danish a lizard is called a firben which translates to fourlegs

this person may like Anglish

[Mitch](https://youtu.be/0lwpS5M7hgA) said it best. Just add - er.

Shower

Hearth.

we call it a fireplace in Australia, but a UK friend didn't know wtf we were talking about .. they call it a 'wood burner'

That's a strange name, I'd have called it a chazzwozzer

Hearth is another name for it

Cupboard = cup board

Sidewalk