Submitted by eldrolamam t3_125r9m4 in Showerthoughts
araralc t1_je7bqrb wrote
Reply to comment by orbital_narwhal in English is such an unreasonable language that spelling is a national sport by eldrolamam
Yeah, usually the "this word doesn't exist in another language" is about concepts or other things that are culturally influenced. But somehow I've seen a bunch of those lists or mentions that are actually just a simple German composite that can be translated into other languages if you don't make "it gotta be a single word" a rule. So like, completely translatable stuff. I always saw those and would think it was like saying "starlight" isn't a word in Portuguese because "luz estelar" are two words, but with bigger merges.
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