▲ 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.
[–] _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