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What is Squidward called in your language? (lemmy.ml)

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He is called Thaddäus Tentakel in German or Bläckvard Tentakel in Swedish.

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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