sir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoI love when things are named exactly what they domessage-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareI love when things are named exactly what they dosir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]@hexbear.net to chat@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoGerman has “hand shoes” (gloves) and “shield toads” (turtles)
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agothe Japanese word for socks is “undershoes”
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoMakes sense, English has underpants and undershirts
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month ago“Sick car” (ambulance) KRANKENWAGEN
minus-squareNephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agohell yes I knew this one and forgot
minus-squareTraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoAnd “flying thing” for plane.
German has “hand shoes” (gloves) and “shield toads” (turtles)
the Japanese word for socks is “undershoes”
Makes sense, English has underpants and undershirts
“Sick car” (ambulance)
KRANKENWAGEN
hell yes I knew this one and forgot![emoji michael-laugh michael-laugh](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/3858ea0f-f09c-4c6f-95a1-5dda154612ad.png)
And “flying thing” for plane.