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Ahhh, language (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Not where that comes from. Both from Proto-Indo-European, but "meal" as in "eating a meal" derives from "to measure" while "meal" as in "oatmeal" derives from "to mill". They're false cognates.

御飯 ("gohan"), meanwhile, literally is just "cooked rice".

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    • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    That's me learning german. Apparently Fremdsprache means foreign language so I went "Isn't it weird that german calls other languages 'strange language?'" then I thought about my own language (portuguese) 'lingua estrangeira' which is basically the same thing haha

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    Since stranger comes from strange, does it mean that strange means foreign, or that foreign means strange?

    Would Dr Foreign be a better surgeon than Dr Strange?

    THE PLOT THICKENS

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    • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    "Come and eat your meal!"

    "Well, actshually, mom, there is no meal in this dish..."

    "Shut up and eat"

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