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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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Shouldn't the roof of our mouth be called the ceiling? (lemmy.zip)
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That would make our sinuses/brain cavity the attic and the tops of our heads the roof

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[–] ceiphas@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

In german it is called "gaumendach", and "dach" means ceiling

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The German language proving it's superiority over english yet again

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dach means roof.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

English proving it's equivalence to the German language yet again

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

Fun fact in our dialect we call it sky.

[–] IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

The word for Ceiling in German is "Decke". Which is also the word for blanket. Lol