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Untitled goose rule (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I knew about the honor-culture bit, but I'm now curious about what other languages use it as an insult.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I know of at lest Nordic languages, german languages, slavic languages, Urdu, Yiddish

    Some are not literal translations, but have the same meening. Like silly as a goose - not stupid. Or just beeing refered to as a goose implying simplicity, stupidity or sillyness.

    The word goose by itself has extensive use un english https://www.reginacoeli.com/blog/goose-idioms.html https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose

    They do look kinda akward

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