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?

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WhoRoger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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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