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minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up62arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoLanguage maps shouldn’t be country maps, as language boundaries rarely overlap country borders. And it’s also wrong, in Hungarian toe is “lábujj” literally means “footfinger”
minus-squareDicska@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoI suspected it was rage bait, starting with the British isles being coloured green, despite the existence of the word ‘toe’ there.
minus-squareyeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down2·1 day agoSociocultural boundaries are almost entirely grounded in language. Nation states are almost entirely grounded in imagination.
minus-squareInstigate@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoReminds of a great lyric from the song “…Meltdown” by Enter Shikari: Countries are just lines drawn in the sand with a stick
minus-squareMatriks404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoBy that logic, it should be both green and red, because it looks like “lábujj” is both a word, and like you said it means “footfinger”.
Language maps shouldn’t be country maps, as language boundaries rarely overlap country borders. And it’s also wrong, in Hungarian toe is “lábujj” literally means “footfinger”
I suspected it was rage bait, starting with the British isles being coloured green, despite the existence of the word ‘toe’ there.
Sociocultural boundaries are almost entirely grounded in language. Nation states are almost entirely grounded in imagination.
Reminds of a great lyric from the song “…Meltdown” by Enter Shikari:
Countries are just lines drawn in the sand with a stick
By that logic, it should be both green and red, because it looks like “lábujj” is both a word, and like you said it means “footfinger”.