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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That would be the (standard) Spanish, right? Catalan, the local language, has it with /s/

But it's very language-dependent. English has established names for many places, so you should probably use those. But some languages just don't, and if you borrow everything, you might as well borrow properly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I think it's interesting that some countries have entirely different names depending on the language. Here is one for example:

  • English - Germany
  • Spanish - Alemania
  • Finnish - Saksa
  • Polish - Niemcy
  • German - Deutschland

There are many others, but they are more so variations of the same name, so I didn't include them. The ones I listed are completely different.

I heard that the different names originated from the names of the Germanic tribes that interacted most with the respective peoples and resulting language. For example, what would be English-speakers would interact mostly with Germanic tribes, whereas would be Spanish-speakers would interactact mostly with Alemanni tribes. However, Perplexity says that the English name comes from the Roman name for the area, while the Spanish name comes from the name of the tribe. If only Crunk the Historian could investigate this and find an ultimate answer.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you get to the cloud district very often? Oh what am I saying, of course you don’t.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The majority of my time playing skyrim I thought he was referring to somewhere in a different city like Solitude or something. Didnt realize he was talking about a place thats 10 paces away lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

The sense of scale has always been off with these games. Huge battles have 20 people fighting, cities have less people than a small apartment building.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Hahaaaaaa... sexy European lisp.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

¡Pues hombre, vallase para la porra! ¡Imbecil!

Una torta de patatas

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I can't type out the pronunciation but have you guys heard American people read Japanese names? My god, it is so weird. Say that to Japanese people and I bet half of the time they don't recognise what it is. The way a foreign language is being butchered is beyond imagination.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I have not, but now I am interested. Any idea where I could hear the difference between the correct Japanese way and the butchered American way?

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