Post 9p9lF4jsK2OLlZdBEO by Shutsumon@tootplanet.space
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(DIR) Post #9p9adScM5uMrHMXSwC by rin@patch.cx
2019-11-20T12:52:32.884303Z
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apparently the word that means awful in russian means amazing in czech, how weird
(DIR) Post #9p9ajKT3JDCzjuzAyO by piggo@piggo.space
2019-11-20T12:53:36.824079Z
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@rin and russian "red" means ~ "pretty" in czech
(DIR) Post #9p9bAGWK5o6rJfMMvQ by rin@patch.cx
2019-11-20T12:58:28.716183Z
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@piggo I mean, russian red can be used as pretty in russian as well, but I haven't seen anybody do this outside of old literature
(DIR) Post #9p9bIDbgoCKmb4f7Ee by hj@shigusegubu.club
2019-11-20T12:59:55.238179Z
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@rin @piggo red square still fucking exist
(DIR) Post #9p9bN7m9urL9xZtllA by wolf480pl@a.nom.pl
2019-11-20T13:00:46.626212Z
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@rinWhat about the Red Square? Is it red? Is it pretty?@piggo
(DIR) Post #9p9bSRVE01sIacVuBE by piggo@piggo.space
2019-11-20T13:01:46.062313Z
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@wolf480pl @rin they made extra sure it means red with all that paint
(DIR) Post #9p9bV5tgmgtERzDl56 by rin@patch.cx
2019-11-20T13:02:14.534689Z
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@hj @piggo eeh? I always thought red in red square is because of the building color and not because it's pretty
(DIR) Post #9p9bduNgyDJTL9SQeO by hj@shigusegubu.club
2019-11-20T13:03:49.795681Z
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@rin @piggo what fucking building???image.png
(DIR) Post #9p9biElN8HUniCb7lg by rin@patch.cx
2019-11-20T13:04:36.980390Z
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@hj @piggo right. I am a dumbass
(DIR) Post #9p9bjAsp2juxy6WtQu by wolf480pl@a.nom.pl
2019-11-20T13:04:47.139670Z
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@rinNo idea, never been there.Heard somewhere a while ago that the name origibalky wasn't due to color, but maybe I misremember sth.@hj @piggo
(DIR) Post #9p9gwa3lFTcZaSrFlA by Shutsumon@tootplanet.space
2019-11-20T13:17:36Z
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@rin while I speak neither language I can probably explain how it might have happened in theory if you are interested
(DIR) Post #9p9gwaTHia2OrcndXk by rin@patch.cx
2019-11-20T14:02:55.412414Z
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@Shutsumon I am interested
(DIR) Post #9p9hPEyYiWK2av5grQ by march@neckbeard.xyz
2019-11-20T14:08:25.718476Z
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@rin in Polish, the english "no" means "yes"nicest_guy_youll_ever_meet.jpg…
(DIR) Post #9p9hUPFHxfqJtTNZMe by hj@shigusegubu.club
2019-11-20T14:09:21.234517Z
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@march @rin in russian english no means butalso i think polish "shop" (sklep) means crypt in russian
(DIR) Post #9p9lF4jsK2OLlZdBEO by Shutsumon@tootplanet.space
2019-11-20T14:25:40Z
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@rin okay these are closely related languages with a common ancestor. One of the ways languages change is words changing meaning and inversion - words changing to mean the opposite of what it originally did. I would guess to be what happened here in one and not the other.