Comment on Lawyer here: I concur!

• HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fun fact! The literal translation of airport in Japanese is ‘sky harbour’

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  • InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s the same in English…

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    • Kanda@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you have two words and exchange both with synonyms, it’s a new word

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      • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        penis skull

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  • glibg10b@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In Afrikaans too. Probably in a lot of languages

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    • ddplf@szmer.info ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes, including english

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    • tomiant@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In Swedish it is “Flying Place”.

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wait, are port and starboard reversed in Japan?

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  • bhamlin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, but it seemed like it would make a good joke at the time.

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