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irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 hours ago

What's a piece of esoteric knowledge you have?

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What's a piece of esoteric knowledge you have?

irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 hours ago
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    “Bizarre” is the only word from the Basque language that is regularly used in the English language

    (Can’t wait to be proven wrong in 5… 4… 3…)

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      https://quicksilvertranslate.com/2554/basque-words-in-english/

      Sorry for the delay

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        😂 Ok so the “regularly” in my post is doing a bit of lifting. Not too much tho (anchovy is the only other one you could possibly consider frequently used, unless you have a particularly bizarre vocabulary).

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          bilbo, meaning a sword made in Bilbao,

          Bilbo Baggins is the hero of The Hobbit, which every true lemmy user has tattooed on their left thigh.

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            I have it tattooed on my middle thigh.

            • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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              That’s your nose!

          • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website
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            TIL I’m not a true Lemmy user.

            • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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              You shall not pass!

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                That’s what most of their teachers said, I bet.

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              $50.00 and I’ll keep it quiet.

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      I found this really interesting so I looked it up! This website claims that “anchovy” also came to English from Basque, along with “bilbo” and possibly “jingo”.

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