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can relate to this birb (media.thebrainbin.org)

submitted 2 months ago by Auster@thebrainbin.org to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 months ago

Danish
Hvor er H og R i hvordan? ("Where is H and R in the Danish word for how?")

Norwegian borrows a lot from Danish, but at least Norwegian cares more about intonation to separate words, almost sounding like a gallop. "<.<

French Comparing to Portuguese and Latin, some stuff makes sense, but still kinda of a stretch. Curious, I think, specially as France doesn't have, to my knowledge, as many natural formations as other countries to isolate its people into diverging the language.