▲ 139 ▼ Why words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific? (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago by opalescent@lemmy.zip to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, I don't think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hellstormy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Some say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (te-faou) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hellstormy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* Some say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (te-faou) permalink fedilink source parent