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For me, it’s “queso”. 🧀

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[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 42 points 6 days ago
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[-] Thrife@feddit.org 37 points 6 days ago
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[-] PartyPatella@lemmy.ml 34 points 6 days ago
[-] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago

That's Swedish isn't it?

My dad had this brilliant idea for everyone to say "cheese" in the local language every time he took a selfie of us when we were travelling around Europe. Let's just say even though that was years ago in my childhood, I can look through that album and know instantly which photos were taken in Sweden!

[-] PartyPatella@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 days ago

I was referring to Danish, but indeed it seems the same spelling also applies for Norwegian and Swedish. But quite different pronounciations, I would think. In Danish, you would say "åst" with an "å"- which everyone naturally knows how to pronounce of course.

Haha, yes, that's brilliant. We even do that here from time to time. One indeed does look dapper saying "OOOST".

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[-] CaptainsLog@lemmings.world 30 points 6 days ago
[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Kaas.

Fun fact: New York was founded by the Dutch. A curse word for a Dutch guy was "Jan Kaas", which changed over the years to "Yankees".

[-] notso@feddit.org 16 points 6 days ago

Käse (Germany)

[-] peterg75@discuss.online 18 points 6 days ago
[-] wendyz@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ukrainian? Or no? That’s so cool!

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[-] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago
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[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago
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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 days ago

Das ist Käse.

Btw: This saying is used in case something is stupid :)

[-] cute_noker@feddit.dk 7 points 5 days ago
[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 9 points 6 days ago

Ser (in Polish.Pronounced similarly to "sir" in"yes sir")

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[-] Txopi@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago

Gazta (in Basque)

[-] noolu@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

formaggio 🤌

[-] jaiden@lemmy.today 6 points 5 days ago
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[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

芝士 (it's pronounced similar to cheese in English)

In Mandarin: zhishi
In Cantonese: zisi

[-] altasshet@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago
[-] Raffster@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago
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[-] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

I though you where not serious, but in doubt I had a look. TIL!

[-] aguasemgas@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 6 days ago

Queijo (PT-BR)

[-] RicoPeru 4 points 5 days ago

natively, cheese and queso

also, queijo in my third language, and formaggio, fromage, ser, сыр, and queixo (not fluent)

then, in the languages i wanna know more of: チーズ、奶酪/起司,جبنة

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[-] _Lemmy@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago
[-] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I shall start calling mine Sir Cheese.

[-] seekpie@lemmy.seekpie.nohost.me 2 points 4 days ago

Juust (estonian)

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[-] djmikeale@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

My language is already taken so here's another language where I know the word: 奶酪 (nailao), first character meaning milk, second one I had to look up for the definition: "semi-solid food made from milk"

[-] venusaur@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago
[-] SonofaBixcuit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

my parents’ language, we say 奶酪 or جبنة

growing up, from others it’d be ser or queso.

in my Grandpa’s language would say: גבינה but he also spoke arabic

(i only know a little Chinese and Arabic. i can write a little in Chinese but can’t write in Arabic at all.)

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 5 points 6 days ago

In NZ English... "Cheese". Though we do have a term "tasty" for a 12-18 month aged cheddar cheese that I don't think is commonly used elsewhere. At the supermarket you're likely to see "mild" or "tasty" not "cheddar".

In Māori, "tīhi". It's a transliteration of "cheese" into a language that has neither a "ch" nor a "s" sound.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 6 days ago

So it's labelled "tasty cheese"?

That suggests that you can only buy cheddar there. No other types of cheese.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Other types of cheese are available, it's just that cheddar is not clearly labeled as such since it's kind of the "default".

E.g.

Photo of front of cheese showing it labelled as "tasty" with Cheddar not mentioned

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 5 days ago

That packaging would make me question if it's actually legally cheese. It's like it's avoiding saying the word.

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[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

We call it the same thing as butter. Shit gets confusing sometimes

[-] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago
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