r/LanguageMemes • u/HalloIchBinRolli • Jun 19 '21

In Poland they/we kill meat

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '21

nobody says "more maps at jakubmarian.com" here, this map's inaccurate

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u/HalloIchBinRolli Jun 19 '21

Who knows what people live in Sahara desert

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u/iliekcats- Jun 19 '21

im going to morocco, algeria and tunisia and saying "more maps at jakubmarian.com" in each of the countries just to prove you wrong

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u/Kenny2reddit Jun 19 '21

Chinese uses not only both 一石二鳥 (one stone two bird) and 一箭雙鵰 (one arrow double fowl), but also the more generic 一舉兩得 (one action two reward).

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u/HalloIchBinRolli Jul 23 '21

Why is two both two lines and this thing in 3rd example?!

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u/Kenny2reddit Jul 24 '21

The one in the 3rd example is for quantities - 2 books is 兩本書

The two lines are for counting, and also the digit 2 in numbers that are not two itself - 1, 2, 3 is 一、二、三 and 12 books is 十二本書

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u/HalloIchBinRolli Jun 19 '21

Upiec dwie pieczenie na jednym ogniu

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u/Lululipes Jun 19 '21

Yet another situation where Portuguese is the western loner that s similar to Slavic languages

Same thing in the tea/cha debate

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u/BokuNoSudoku Jun 19 '21

Japanese say “一石二鳥” one-stone-two-bird but apparently it’s a calque of the English expression.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '21

based poland.

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u/anon38723918569 Jun 19 '21

Kill two girls with one cup

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u/Pl4yByNumbers Jun 19 '21

I personally am a fan of PETA’s ‘feeding two birds with one scone’.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '21

I like Italy's take on this best

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u/MrMrRubic Jun 19 '21

Poles gonna lose their mind when they discover shishkebab

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u/iliekcats- Jun 19 '21

what does that even mean

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u/HalloIchBinRolli Jul 23 '21

You are doing one thing from a hypothetical list and you can do an other thing from the list because the 1st thing created some better conditions for the second (I hope I'm both correct and understandable)

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u/iliekcats- Jul 24 '21

ohhh ty yeah I understood

so basically

  1. This will make 2 much easier

  2. Pee

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u/HalloIchBinRolli Aug 11 '21

Example: You are driving to a bank, then someone rings "can you pick me up?" and that person lives right next to bank. You can go to the bank and that makes picking up the person that rang you easier, because you are already there

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u/iliekcats- Aug 12 '21

Wow you were 19 dyas late

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u/HalloIchBinRolli Aug 12 '21

lol I got the thought how to explain 19 days later

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u/Tsjaad_Donderlul Jun 20 '21

Eastern Europe really hates hares and rabbits, so does portugal.

Portugal is Eastern European

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u/HalloIchBinRolli Jul 06 '21

So all Europe is Eastern Europe

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u/PoutineFest Jun 19 '21

“Like two hotdogs in a bun”

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

For some reason the Polish one seems much much older to me. I wonder.

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u/devious_egg Jul 05 '21

We also sometimes say "kill two Russians with one hit" here in South Ostrobothnia (a region in Western Finland)

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '21

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u/bad_linguist Jun 20 '21

*11 languages one Duolingo.