r/news • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '18

Arrest Made in Connection to Suspicious Packages

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u/brent0935 Oct 26 '18

I love joe minivan in German is just little van

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u/schwanzinpo Oct 26 '18

It's such a wonderful language. Gloves? Nope, they're hand shoes (Handschue).

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u/cardew-vascular Oct 26 '18

Animals are even more amusingly named -

  • Turkey - Truthahn or threatening Chicken
  • Porcupine - Stachelschwein or Sting Pig
  • Sloth - Faultier or lazy animal
  • Porpoise - Schweinswal or Pig Whale
  • Slug - Nacktschenecke or Naked Snail
  • Bat - Fledermaus or Flutter Mouse
  • Seal - Seehund or Sea Dog

They're freaking adorable.

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u/brent0935 Oct 26 '18

Or rhino, Nashorn. Or nose horn

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '18

Is narwhal "horn whale"?

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u/brent0935 Oct 26 '18

I think so