It’s hysterical when people incorrectly assume the origins of words. What’s even more hysterical is when the made-up origins align with people’s wrong assumptions. Sometimes people manipulate words and make adjustments to them so they fit their assumptions. Wait until you read about the etymology of words such as person, man, woman, which some people …
Most often than not, we feel the urge to make our language as blunt as possible so it falls just the way we want it on the ears of the person we are addressing. We want our message not just to be undersatood, but also carries all the emotions of the given context without the …
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This map shows the most recurring word on each country’s English wikipedia page. The results are very interesting to say the least. The map was posted on Reddit and was created by Reddit user Amiantedeluxe. Please not that the map excludes linking words such as ‘the’, ‘country’, ‘government’ and demonyms. (Full resultion picture below)
School might not be a good place to be if you’re still a student but ask anybody that’s getting older and they tell you how nostalgic they feel about schoold and the good old memories when the only thing they worried about were homework and getting to class on time. One particultaly nostalgic thing everyone …
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While you can use some swear words without causing much of a fuss, the use of others can make you come off as offensive and downright rude. Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, ranked all British swear words from mild to strongest based on how offensive speakers perceived them. They interviewed more than 200 people across the …
English Swear Words Ranked In Order Of Offensiveness. Read More »
The number one thing you realize when you travel to diffent places is that people do things differently in diffrent places. You also realize the there is more than one way to live life. This means that sometimes your way of life or how you do things back in your homeland, might not always be …
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You might have heard so many stereotypes about your native country, language, or culture that are so naive or oversimplifed that you wish to correct to people. The fact that Italians eat a lot of pasta, that Germans lack humor, or Russians drink a lot, are not totally flase, but fixed and oversimplifed. We have …
Suppose you’re on a trip to some new country and you want to impress the locals with something funny about their country, wouldn’t a pun be a great way to do it? Isn’t funny and smart to tell a swiss that among the things that make Switzerland special and unique is its flag, which is …
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The phrase “seeing the world differently” can mean different things to different people. Some people will literally see some world countries differently according to how they lookalike in the map. One of these people is the German Youtuber Zackabier who imagines what some specifically European countries look like. It takes a feat of imagination to …
Map Of Europe Re-drawn According To What Countries Look Like. Read More »
Every nation has their own weak spot and some has put together a map that shows exactly how to piss people off across different european countries in just one sentence. The map is designed and posted on Facebook by Sigmagfx. It was inspired a popular Reddit thread entitled How to Irritate a Citizen of Each …
