l'aneth inutile

It is funny how French is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world yet both the French and Quebecois language wonks have the paranoia of speaking a dying regional dialect deep in the hinterlands.

translator's note: this translation sucks just learn the original language for fucks sake

Can anyone explain wtf is going on here especially a Korean speaker

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That is one of the most astronomical fuck up translations I have ever seen.

it's called a movie because it's movieng. and it's called a show because it shows you what's happening

etymologically accurate!

I went to Escher Sentence Island and more people were there than I was

i went to garden path sentence island and some flowers

En Anglais, on ne dit pas “quatre vingt dix neuf”, on dit “ninety nine” qu'on pourrait traduire comme “Hurr durr, regardez mois, j'ai un système de numérotation fonctionnel” et je crois que c'est magnifique.

Lovely to see we have spaces where you can gain access to so much literature!

*widely praised poetic quote in a foreword by a usamerican translator voice* see this language.... it's not like other languages. sometimes it has metaphors. or abstract thinking. sometimes a word has several meanings. sometimes a lot of meaning can be condensed into two words. sometimes those words even have etymologies. sometimes if you translate idioms or break down the components of words you can get something pretty cool in english. and naturally this gives us essential insight into the timeless national character of its people

I love when Arabic loanwords get incorporated into other languages and they keep the al- suffix. I'm studying the gebra. It's a real the batross around my neck.

It’s also lovely when foreign words borrowed into Arabic lose an initial (a)l- because it was interpreted as an article. Like Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”) -> إسكندرية (ʔiskandariyya) or Farsi لشکر (laškar, “army”) -> عسكر (ʕaskar)!!

may i bring up the tricky&fun "distant adult family member a generation or more senior to you" case because im living with my great aunt now and i am dying