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[–] appelkooskonfyt@lemm.ee 76 points 2 years ago (4 children)

English is not the only language with homonyms.

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 15 points 2 years ago (7 children)

In French if something isn't functioning properly you say that "il ne marche pas." Now, in my studies, "marche" means "walk." So to me that says "it doesn't walk." I asked a native speaker about that and they told me, no, that is not what that means.

[–] dlpkl@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's like saying your fridge is not running.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Then you... better go... catch it... em... oh... Hangs Up

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[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Wait till you find out about du coup -

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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago

Same in German. "Es geht nicht."

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[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Soldier, plug, varnish, wax seal, some dude, seal?

[–] SilentSilhouette@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Navy seal , rubber seal, wood seal wax seal, Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, animal seal

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

some dude.

My.....my lawn...

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[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Military, air filter, paint brush, wax seal, Mike Tyson, sea-lion!

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 years ago (5 children)

That's Seal, a Bri'ish musician/singer.

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[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

What's the common word for the first row?

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

They're all "seals"

[–] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The top row was a little harder for me as I saw soldier, rubber something, and paint brush. The bottom I saw all seals.

The top is Navy Seal, rubber something seal, and sealing wood with a paint brush.

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't get how English is hard. I learned it when I was just a kid.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Three of those are the same thing and the other three are named after each other

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Google for a poem called "The Chaos". It starts with "Dearest creature in creation". Read it out loud without errors.

[–] deus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Here it is. I was going to paste the whole text in here until I realized what a monster of a poem it is.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a native speaker, dang, that's not easy!

A few words I'm not sure on.

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[–] BurnedDonutHole@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

This poem could be the final test of an English course.

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[–] TheOgreChef@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why use lot word when few word do trick?

[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

This post double plus good.

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[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fun fact, the word 'set' has 430 definitions.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's quite a set of definitions

[–] steventhedev@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If the set of definitions contains the word set, does the English language implode in a recursive cascade of paradoxes?

[–] bort@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A set can totally contain itself. A better question would be: Consider a set, that contains all sets, that do not contain themself. Would that set contain itself?

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

It would. Source: I just shaved my beard

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Come on, you can't count Seal the musician... That's not a common name in English speaking countries. I've never heard of anyone else named Seal

[–] anarchist@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

English is only "hard" because it is shit. There ain't no rules for nothing. All the "rules" have exceptions, which have exceptions, which have have exceptions.

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[–] FishFace@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

English is easy. The hardest part about it, which some other languages also feature, is a poor correspondence between the written and spoken language.

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[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Damn. I keep being surprised by how many people take stuff online way too seriously. Good meme, you get my seal of approval

[–] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Through, though, hiccough, slough, bough, and cough don't rhyme

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Who says hiccough

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[–] Ambiorickx@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Navy SEAL is an acronym. Doesn’t count.

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

So? "Laser" and "radar" are acronyms, but we use them as words

[–] treesquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

But an acronym that was intentionally made to be the name of the animal, so it's just a duplicate, like all three of the non-singer seals, which just mean to lock something in or out. There are only 2 meanings of seal here, plus a singer who named himself after one of them.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

But all the three non human non animal things basically do the same thing. They prevent things from leaking out or in. So the word seal is apt.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Count to two too many times

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[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

3 of those are basically the same definition. And one of them is just named after another one of them.

[–] scottrepreneur@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The lack of Lucille jokes here has me worried about the future of Lemmy

[–] sagrotan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Sealy language

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