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minus-squareomgarm@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·1 年前Just call 'em seaturtles and landturtles like other Germanic languages. Then you can just ask them how they identify and throw them wherever is best suited.
minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 年前The Hungarian word for turtles (both land and sea one) translates to “frog with a bathtub”
minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 年前The German word translates to Shield Toad
minus-squareRolivers@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Also in Dutch. It’s “schildpad”.
minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前German gets too much credit for compound nouns. Dutch is really good at it as well: bromfiets, snelweg, etc.
minus-squareomgarm@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 年前Hungary is a silly place. The bathtub is upside down then.
minus-squareHule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Actually… not bathtub, more like trough. Still upside down. But imagine you had to carry a trough on your back. Which way would you turn it?
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·1 年前But what about the one in the US Senate? Surely we can throw that one into the ocean. No?
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 年前Those ones belong in a pond, preferably in a Tesla.
minus-squareorphiebaby@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前That means he’ll die regardless of which he is!
minus-squareursakhiin@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 年前Does not compute. Turtle stuck in my bum.
Just call 'em seaturtles and landturtles like other Germanic languages. Then you can just ask them how they identify and throw them wherever is best suited.
The Hungarian word for turtles (both land and sea one) translates to “frog with a bathtub”
The German word translates to Shield Toad
That is fuckin badass
Also in Dutch. It’s “schildpad”.
German gets too much credit for compound nouns. Dutch is really good at it as well: bromfiets, snelweg, etc.
Hungary is a silly place. The bathtub is upside down then.
Actually… not bathtub, more like trough.
Still upside down. But imagine you had to carry a trough on your back. Which way would you turn it?
But what about the one in the US Senate? Surely we can throw that one into the ocean. No?
Those ones belong in a pond, preferably in a Tesla.
The ocean is polluted enough.
That means he’ll die regardless of which he is!
Does not compute. Turtle stuck in my bum.