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[linguoboy]

Shrubbing is a term in Kenyan English for L1 interference on English pronunciation (e.g. substitution of [s] for /ʃ/ bzw. /z/).

[Pole, the]

The world's oldest known dildo is a siltstone 20-centimeter phallus from the Upper Palaeolithic period 30,000 years ago that was found in Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm, Germany.

There is truly nothing new under the sun, son.

The existence of dildoes is not an extraordinary thing. The fact that they were so common such a word was probably coined in (Late) Latin times and survived to this day as a native term, is.

[Vijay]

A word that I learned from a song about May:
ചിമ്മുക [ˈt͡ʃɪmmʊga] 'to wink, blink'

A word I randomly picked up from the dictionary:
ചണം [t͡ʃəˈɳəm] 'hemp, jute, chana dal'

And more words from my grandfather's diary, which I have finally finished translating (as a first draft, anyway)!
സൂചന/സൂചനം [ˈsuːd͡ʒɛna]/[ˈsuːd͡ʒɛnəm] 'hint, gesture, use of a secret word, advice'
അദമ്യ [əˈd̪əmja] 'uncontrollable, untameable'
നിവേദനം [n̪ɪˈʋeːd̪ɛnəm] 'notice, representation, petition, submission, request, memorandum'
നിലവാരം [n̪ɪləˈʋaːɾəm] 'condition, state, standard, rate, prevailing rate'
ആദി [ˈaːd̪i] 'et cetera'
കൂട്ടാളി [kuːˈʈaːɭi] 'companion, partner'
പായുക [ˈpaːjʊga] 'to run, flee, flow, rush' (also used to refer to cattle assaulting someone with their horns)
കിടിലം [kɪˈɖɪləm] 'shudder, tremor, shivering'
മറുക്കുക [məˈrʊkʊga] 'to oppose'
സംഘർഷം (ഷണം) [səŋˈgʱərʃ]([ɛɳ])[əm] 'conflict, friction, feud, rupture'
മുതിരുക [muˈd̪iɾuga] 'to attempt, prepare, get ready, grow'
ഏറ്റുമുട്ടൽ [ˈjeːtɯmʊʈəl] 'collision, clash'
ആകസ്മികത [ˈaːgəsmɪgəd̪a] 'accident, causelessness'
ഇറയം [jɪˈrejəm] 'veranda'
മിതപ്പെടുത്തുക [mɪˈd̪əpɛɖʊt̪ʊga] 'to moderate, limit, measure'

The world's oldest known dildo is a siltstone 20-centimeter phallus from the Upper Palaeolithic period 30,000 years ago that was found in Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm, Germany.

There is truly nothing new under the sun, son.

The existence of dildoes is not an extraordinary thing. The fact that they were so common such a word was probably coined in (Late) Latin times and survived to this day as a native term, is.

Why? Weren't the Romans more open to exploring their sexuality and stuff than medieval Western European Christians were?

[linguoboy]

anticlockwise

y u brits gotta have ur wn word 4 evrything u not so specil

[GamerGeek]

anticlockwise

y u brits gotta have ur wn word 4 evrything u not so specil

Learn some proper English, please?

[KathTheDragon]

LB is being very sarcastic

[Travis B.]

/me cringes (at GamerGeek, not linguoboy)

[Axiem]

proper English

There's no such thing :ssh:

[Sumelic]

I just learned that "spendthift" refers to someone who spends money too freely. Before now, I thought it meant the exact opposite ("frugal"), because I assumed it must mean something similar to "thrifty".

[linguoboy]

y u brits gotta have ur wn word 4 evrything u not so specil

Learn some proper English, please?

ware i cin do d@?

[Travis B.]

I don't think GamerGeek would approve of my use of words like dranken and aten or my tendency to drop just about every consonant I can realistically get away with dropping.

[linguoboy]

I don't think GamerGeek would approve of my use of words like dranken and aten or my tendency to drop just about every consonant I can realistically get away with dropping.

j'thiŋ?

[Vijay]

My dad has already helped me fix mistakes I made with the translation, and that's (sort of ) taught me a few more new phrases in Malayalam! (OK, so not really words for the most part, and in fact, the last one is a whole sentence, and what I learned is what it actually means, but...)

...എന്നുള്ളത് പ്രസ്താവ്യമാണ് [jɛn̪n̪ʊɭˈɭəd̪ɯ prəsˈt̪aːʋjəmaːɳɯ] 'it should be stated that...'
അതിനൊരുങ്ങിയില്ല [əd̪ɪnoˈɾʊŋijɪlla] 'didn't attempt to do that'
ആട്ടിയെടുത്ത (വെളിച്ചെണ്ണ) [ˈaːʈijɛɖʊt̪a] ([ʋɛɭɪˈt͡ʃɛɳɳa]) 'commercially produced (coconut oil)'
തേങ്ങാപ്പാൽ പതഞ്ഞു പൊങ്ങുന്നതു് ഒരു കുഴമ്പു രൂപത്തിലാകുന്നതുമല്ലാതെ എണ്ണയായിത്തീരുകയില്ല. [t̪eːˈŋaːpaːl pəˈd̪əɲɯ poˈŋʊn̪n̪əd̪ɔɾu kɔˈɻəmbɯ ˈɾuːbət̪ɪlaːgʊn̪n̪əd̪əllaːd̪e jɛɳɳeˈjaːjt̪iːɾʊgejɪlla]. 'The coconut milk will only foam up into a thick liquid, not turn into oil.'
തകരപ്പെട്ടി [t̪əˈgəɾəpɛʈi] 'steel trunk'
തകര [t̪əˈgəɾa] 'can' (as in a tin can)

[hwhatting]

Russian: опорки - ragged / torn shoes

[Imralu]

y u brits gotta have ur wn word 4 evrything u not so specil

Learn some proper English, please?

ware i cin do d@?

in skul i rekn

[linguoboy]

comulgar
combregar

Two different outcomes of Latin communicare. The first is Spanish, the second Catalan. And both are used to mean "take communion".

[Vijay]

കീഴ്‌വഴക്ക് [ˈkiːɻʋəɻəkɯ] 'routine' (literally, this means something like 'down complaint' )
തലപ്പാവ് [t̪ələˈpaːʋɯ] 'turban, headgear(?)'

[hwhatting]

Russian тенето "noose, snare, trap"

[Salmoneus]

anticlockwise

y u brits gotta have ur wn word 4 evrything u not so specil

woah! What do Americans call it, then? Presumably not still widdershins?

[Salmoneus]

tartane

A type of small ship used in the mediterranean between approximately 1600 and 1900. It had a single mast with a lateen, and a bowsprit and fore-sail. A square sail could be hoisted as a cross-jack when the wind was aft.

pintle

Thing that passes through a gudgeon.

tabinet

Poplin

rep

Not sure. Kind of sounds like poplin, but apparently isn't?

broadcloth

- a blind face cloth with a stiff drape, created by weaving more widely than its finished width and then extensively milling.
- in the US historically: poplin
- in the US in more recent times: a type of mercerised fabric with some characteristics of poplin, used in shirting

fuji

- American word for rayonised poplin

eolienne

- like poplin, but lighter

[linguoboy]

rep

Not sure. Kind of sounds like poplin, but apparently isn't?

I thought "rep" was just any fabric with a repeated design.

[Jonlang]

anticlockwise

y u brits gotta have ur wn word 4 evrything u not so specil

woah! What do Americans call it, then? Presumably not still widdershins?

Counterclockwise. Which I find to be anti-intuitive.

[Imralu]

anticlockwise

y u brits gotta have ur wn word 4 evrything u not so specil

woah! What do Americans call it, then? Presumably not still widdershins?

Counterclockwise. Which I find to be anti-intuitive.

I would find unclockwise less disintuitive. Personally, I'd like clocky and unclocky.

[Salmoneus]

anticlockwise

y u brits gotta have ur wn word 4 evrything u not so specil

woah! What do Americans call it, then? Presumably not still widdershins?

Counterclockwise. Which I find to be anti-intuitive.

I would find unclockwise less disintuitive. Personally, I'd like clocky and unclocky.

Turnwise and widdershins.
Besides, clockiness is confusing, because as the famous observation (Turing? Or one of his colleagues? can't remember) goes, clocks actually run anticlockwise.

[OK, yes, I have heard 'counterclockwise', but I'd forgotten about it.]


LB: hadn't heard that expression, but wiktionary offers "a fabric made of silk or wool, or silk and wool, and having a tranversely corded or ribbed surface".

[Jonlang]

I would find unclockwise less disintuitive. Personally, I'd like clocky and unclocky.

I'm using "clocky" and "unclocky" from now on!

Besides, clockiness is confusing, because as the famous observation (Turing? Or one of his colleagues? can't remember) goes, clocks actually run anticlockwise.

Not this one!