Testaments to the Boom Times to Come

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[kidouyuuto]

how did they learn to translate languages into other languages how did they know which words meant what HOW DID TH

[brigwife]

English Person: *Points at an apple* Apple

French Person: Non c’est une fucking pomme 

*800 years of war*

[verbivore8642]

Fun fact: There are a lot of rivers in the UK named “avon” because the Romans arrived and asked the Celts what the rivers were called. The Celts answered “avon.” 

“Avon” is just the Celtic word for river.

[thejazzykittykat]

Fan Fact #2: When Spanish conquistadors landed in the Yucatán peninsula, they asked the natives what their land was called and they responded “Yucatán”. In 2015, it was discovered that in those mesoamerican languages, “Yucatán” meant “I don’t understand what you are saying”

[squidpop]

W H E E Z E

[phantomrose96]

[libertarirynn]

I love entomology so much because so many words kind of happened by accident or by a native speaker trying to say “WTF are you saying?“

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[terpsikeraunos]

ancient greek word of the day: ἠλεκτροφαής (ēlektrophaēs), amber-gleaming, of the tears of the Phaethontiades

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[ratliker1917]

mad about the idea of money being exchanged for goods and services

[ratliker1917]

first of all, explain to me, what makes them “goods”, instead of , “bads”

[fulltimesunshine]

hsfdjkgsdfkdlsf\g i’m screaming because,,,, idk if op knows this but,,,,,,, this is a real thing in economics that we talk about and draw models of:

[undeadlobster]

MONEY CAN BE EXCHANGED FOR BADS AND DISSERVICES

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[daakureisaiko]

[funforahermit]

German speakers: Do you like Umlauts?

You: Yes

German speakers: Ü

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Anonymous asked:

Heyoo, I randomly found your tumblr via the BB tag. Besides your poignant commentary, I just wanted to thank you so much for also documenting your progress in learning some German words. It's probably nothing to you, but for me (as a German) it is so so schön to see the invert perspective on what I experience (or rather experienced) with the English language. Especially that you picked up on false friends like where=wo, who=wer, boss=chef. Also your definition of "doch" is spot on!

DARLING, hello, Guten Morgen from the northwest corner of the U.S. where it is still morning, and where I miss being ~immersed~ in Babylon Berlin and German so much! I set a rule for myself, which is that I’m not allowed to try to learn any more German without first learning an equivalent amount of Spanish, the language of my friends and neighbors, and hey I think I’m getting close! So maybe someday soon I’ll finally start learning some verbs! 😅

Anyway, gosh thank you, danke danke, so happy you liked my ramblings about Babylon Berlin, and once again, SO warmed over how supportive you and the other German speakers I’ve met through this show have been of my teeny tiny baby steps at trying to learn some of your language. I hope you’ll still be around for more vocabulary fun in Season 3! What do we think the odds are someone will say ‘sehr sehr schnell’ again. God…my favorite.

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[tchaikovskaya]

yall my world was just turned upside down i just found out the mongols used colors for directions and west was white and thats the best proposed theory for why belarus is called belarus ie white [west] russia

[tchaikovskaya]

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[mullroy]

headcanon: vulcans become convinced that humans are physically incapable of saying vulcan names correctly, so they just Deal With It. until one day someone runs into a human who speaks hebrew and she gets their name right on the first try

“my clan name contains phonemes that humans cannot pronounce, you do not need to-”
“what? it’s just s'chn t'gai, right?”
“[long pause] …yes. [takes out roster of vulcan crew members] do these next”

she ends up with a group of Deliberately Not Excited vulcans standing around her listening intently to her saying names
“spock”
“you pronounced that admirably”
kirk in the background: “THAT’S HOW I SAY IT”
“no it is not, captain”

[silverwolf51]

I am HERE FOR THIS

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[madmonstermansion]

who is tim horton and why does everyone in canada know him

[bubblegloopswamp]

oh ya timmy’s just a good bud there eh

[madmonstermansion]

what does this say

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[neeetsocks]

no language should be mocked other than french

[hypallepse]

Birds is “oiseaux” in French.

No letter is pronunced the way it should.

And there are seven of them.

[teaboot]

ITS PRONOUNCED “WAZO” AND YES, I WILL DIE MAD ABOUT IT

[judgejudyofficial]

oiseaux hits every vowel in the french alphabet and manages to only be pronounced with 2 goddamn syllables

[genderfluidintake]

got vowels coming out the oiseaux

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[terpsikeraunos]

old english word of the day: brimwulf, (she)-wolf of the sea or lake