Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border
by tomc1985 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @08:52PM
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That reminds me of "chingar" in Spanish... Mexico/Argentina it means to have sex with, in Chile it means to change
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Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border
by mjgs on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @09:31PM
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I’ve noticed a lot of “oddities” between languages of neighbouring countries.
I theorise that neighbouring countries, especially those that fought a lot in the past evolve these odd language-language meaning issues. Some folks just start using a word from the neighbour country’s language, but use it in their language with a totally different meaning, often chosen to be hilariously different. Then if it turns into a sort of meme, eventually it ends up in the language.