#til #falsefriend in Niederländisch
'net zoals' heißt 'genauso wie'
Geht bisher nicht in meinen Schädel

@kuschelkirche Das bedeutet aber nicht, was die Plakatgestalter dachten.

#LetItBe #FalseFriend

American robin = Turdus migratorius = migratory turd = wandering poop

(It turns out that "turdus" is just the Latin word for a thrush, which a robin is a kind of. The word "turd" on the other hand is a #FalseFriend that comes from Old English and Proto-West Germanic, according to Wiktionary.)

#Wordplay #Etymology #Taxonomy #Linguistics

Despite living here in #Barcelona for many many years, I am still highly amused by the #Catalan word for Firefighters, that gets plastered all over the front of their trucks. #translation #bilingual #FalseFriend

Family, false friends and lovers

Meadhan-Ghàidhlig:
Gáel - kinship, relationship
https://dil.ie/25081

Proto-Celtic - Gailos
#gaidhlig - affection, love more intimate than 'gràdh'
#gaeilge - relationship, kindred feeling

#falsefriend
Is gaol liom thú - You are my relative #gaeilge
Tha gaol agam ort - I love you #gaidhlig

Thig crìoch air an t-saoghal ach mairidh gaol is ceòl
The world will end but love and music will endure