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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by DieguiTux8623@feddit.it to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

An isogloss or a political border? 🥶🥶🥶

Cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1728128

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[-] colderr@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

In Estonia we don't say it like that usually. It's not wrong but we usually just say "pistaatsiapähkel".

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago
[-] colderr@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah. It pretty much means pistachio nut.

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

I was pretty much joking about how that's longer than any of the words on the map in OP. But apparently it wasn't a good joke.

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