▲ 53 ▼ What is Squidward called in your language? (lemmy.ml) submitted 4 months ago by Klarinette245@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments He is called Thaddäus Tentakel in German or Bläckvard Tentakel in Swedish.
[–] mr_anny@sopuli.xyz 26 points 4 months ago (2 children) Jalmari Kalmari in Finnish. Kalmari means squid. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] _g_be@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) This one is fun to say. Calamari exists on English too, I wonder where it is borrowed from permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Calamari is Italian for squid. We just call the food calamari in English but it's just ripped from Italian, not really an English word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago Every language has loanwords, and they become part of that language when enough people use them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago ...and Jalmari is a common Finnish male name. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) This one is fun to say. Calamari exists on English too, I wonder where it is borrowed from permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Calamari is Italian for squid. We just call the food calamari in English but it's just ripped from Italian, not really an English word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago Every language has loanwords, and they become part of that language when enough people use them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) Calamari is Italian for squid. We just call the food calamari in English but it's just ripped from Italian, not really an English word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago Every language has loanwords, and they become part of that language when enough people use them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago Every language has loanwords, and they become part of that language when enough people use them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago ...and Jalmari is a common Finnish male name. permalink fedilink source parent