[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 29 points 6 months ago

Red guy should've waited three years to respond to that

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[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 31 points 7 months ago

It's true. In English we string words together instead of putting them into one word, so there's not really much difference beyond the odd bit of morphology.

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 27 points 7 months ago

This sounds a lot like an issue that can be solved by slightly opening a window

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 35 points 8 months ago

I feel like the Green Dragon probably did pretty well when the Hobbits returned after a long journey. But I'd call that a pub rather than a bar.

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 24 points 8 months ago

It's all fun and games until they mention it to each other

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[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 84 points 9 months ago

The term British Isles is, of course, disputed by the Irish.

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 69 points 10 months ago

But the Red Sea is already full of water

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 30 points 11 months ago

Warum sprechen deine Freunde, die kein Deutsch sprechen, Deutsch?

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 86 points 11 months ago

I don't think that's exclusive to Americans, not even close

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

R5: PIE *h~2~o > o (although in Anatolian languages h~2~ is preserved as h), and it also looks like the chemical formula for water H~2~O, and French eau means water

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 48 points 1 year ago

This is 4chan. It was quite possibly written by a white guy wanting to stir people up.

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 24 points 1 year ago

It's the toast that makes you happy

[-] _Gandalf_the_Black_@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago

I was shocked until I read the username

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