Comment on Why words like 'okay' and 'taxi' are universally understood across the world but survival related ones like 'help', 'water', 'food' remained nation specific?

• zakobjoa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I mean, Spanish uses el avión and el aeroplane and Italian is l’ aero which is just short for l’ aeroplano. Gotta give him that.

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  • WhoRoger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Well because the words for air are aire and aria in Spanish and Italian respectively, and you know, aircraft fly through the air.

    Other languages base the word on the word fly. It would be weird naming the concept without using the words air of fly.

    Helicopter is a better example, while we’re on the topic of flying machines.

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    • UlfKirsten@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Hubschrauber

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      • spizzat2@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I always like to think of that as Hübsch Räuber.

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• DrQuint@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I’m wondering why they didn’t choose a word like Television for this.

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  • spizzat2@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Have Germans given up “Fernseher” in favor of “Television”?

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    • Asudox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      No, I don’t think anyone here says Television instead of Fernseher.

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      • Hellstormy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Some say TV but with german pronunciation of the letters (the-faou)

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