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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[-] raef@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago
[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

And anthough it might be correct, I've never head anyone say mañana in Basque. We just use piña(pinia)

[-] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Here's how the creation of the graphic went:

  • Create a binary
  • Ignore vast majority (of people working with subject)
  • slap together chart, cherrypicking
  • Gloat
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Fun fact: no one knows why us squid are called that in English and no other language calls us anything like that.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

i call bullshit. its "abacaxi" in portuguese, not nanana

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 70 points 1 week ago

It's their superficial resemblance to pinecones.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 13 points 1 week ago

It's a bit cherry picked, but only a bit, since there are a few languages that just copied the English word later on.
Japanese and Korean come to mind.

[-] this@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That actually makes it funnier to me because ananas would be easier to pronounce in Japanese vs pineapple. Ananansu(u is silent) vs Painappuru.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 5 days ago

Oh absolutely!
They just had no ananas exposure beyond that from the Americans.

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