Are there any other languages except Russian where the word “bat” is literally translated as “flying mouse”?
French is “bald mouse” 😂
In Lithuanian it’s “leather wing”
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in Maltese it’s butterfly of the night 🦋🌙
in Catalan it’s “pitiful rat”
In Spanish “murciélago” from Latin, meaning “blind mouse”.
In Hungarian some Very uncommon synonyms for the actual word for bat are “leather mouse” and “winged mouse”.
What do Americans say?
Source: Based on a survey of 350,000 Americans (x)
according to the link, the Two vs Three means how many syllables in “caramel”
English has alternating stress patterns that indicate whether related words are nouns (first syllable stressed) or verbs (second syllable stressed):
Noun: récord
Verb: recórd(x)
My fucking god!! This is why English does the thing!!!!
contract
contract
FINALLY IT MAKES SENSE
it’s the most subtle difference but it’s beautiful.
This is why English should be written with accents.
my mind is blown
A little update to this since I’ve been told the Romanian version and it is just terrific.
Pass Through Fire 