So that’s where the name Fred comes from.
Short for Fredrick, and Rik in Norwegian means rich. So peace, but only if you’re rich.
Lol
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Wait, hold on, a fairly accurate map instead of just countries?
Who’s the linguistics nerd that wanted to make a point about peace and empathy and the absolutely tragic loss of human life, but couldn’t resisit also making a little bit of a point about language diversity? Whoever you are, I see you.
It’s a lot better than most such maps, but still, there’s way too many languages missing in my opinion :)
I did say “a little bit of a point”.
That’s the problem with giving it a fair shake, I suppose. You end up with nitpicking the remainder instead. It’s a natural impulse.
Yes, you’re right of course, but HOW COULD THEY EVEN MISS FRISIAN WHEN THEY EVEN INCLUDED SAMI pounds fist
:P
These often way overrepresent minority language in my experience
As opposed to? I mean, yeah, a lot of the places marked here are bilingual and share a language with the surrounding environment, but it’s not like Spanish, Romanian or English aren’t captured here.
“vrede”, which means “peace” in Dutch, means “anger” in Danish (probably not pronounced the same way, but the spelling is the same.)
In English phonetics it’s pronounced vrayduh
no.
In Dutch, yes. In Danish it is more like incomprehensible guttural noises
Danish person here. Pot; meet kettle.
It’s pronounced “vreðe” in Danish.
More like [ˈʋʁɛːðˠə🥔🥔🥔]
I understand that you’re being mean out of frustration because your entire country is still suffering from that throat disease you call a language, so I’ll let these little jabs slide, but it’s not a healthy way to deal with it. Best wishes from Denmark🤗🥔🥔
Plot twist: jag är inte nederländsk
Wa wete gij daar nu van?
Volgens mij dacht hij of zij dat je Deens bedoelde
Als iemand Deens kan kunnen ze toch afleiden dat dit dan waarschijnlijk die andere taal is die ze vernoemden… Zo’n droge “no” gaat er wel over 😄
Ja, maar je moet wel bedenken dat dit het internet is en dat mensen niet heel hard nadenken voor dat ze dinges schrijven :P
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The Finnish word on the map is in the partitive case, the base form is “rauha” with just one “a” at the end.
i’m maltese. they cut us out of the map! We say “paci”. pronosonced like “paa-chi”
Heh, Fred.
Why yes, the name Frederick literally comes from the Germanic words frid (peace) and ric (ruler)
So the guy who conquered Silesia and half of Poland and made Prussia a Great Power was named ‘King of Peace’?
Peace by crushing all opponents. There’s Manga like that.
The Dutch ”vrede” would translate to ”wrath” in Swedish. Just fyi
I speak both languages fluently but I never noticed, lol
TIL the USSR named their space station “peace”
IIRC it also means “world”.
So… “world peace” is just…? Google returns a phrase that it translates back into “peace in everything,” but the word does repeat in that phrase. I’m sure it’s a contextual thing and I know some things just don’t carry over between languages, but now I’m interested in how Russian works.
You are correct.
Fred
Fuck Fred, that guy is an asshole.
Rauuuuuuuhaaaaa!!! Love it.
All I want is some damn Fred and quiet.
“Fred og ro” in Danish
Sounds like a drunk trying to order a fried egg roll.
That sounds about right.
The Sith will never bring peace!
P O K Ó J 💀
The Russian Mir is thought to come from the same proto Indo European root as the English “mild”.
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