irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 19 days agoWhat's a piece of esoteric knowledge you have?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a piece of esoteric knowledge you have?irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarewill@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·19 days ago“Bizarre” is the only word from the Basque language that is regularly used in the English language (Can’t wait to be proven wrong in 5… 4… 3…)
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up20·19 days agohttps://quicksilvertranslate.com/2554/basque-words-in-english/ Sorry for the delay
minus-squarewill@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·19 days ago😂 Ok so the “regularly” in my post is doing a bit of lifting. Not too much tho (anchovy is the only other one you could possibly consider frequently used, unless you have a particularly bizarre vocabulary).
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·19 days agobilbo, meaning a sword made in Bilbao, Bilbo Baggins is the hero of The Hobbit, which every true lemmy user has tattooed on their left thigh.
minus-squareSnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·19 days agoI have it tattooed on my middle thigh.
“Bizarre” is the only word from the Basque language that is regularly used in the English language
(Can’t wait to be proven wrong in 5… 4… 3…)
https://quicksilvertranslate.com/2554/basque-words-in-english/
Sorry for the delay
😂 Ok so the “regularly” in my post is doing a bit of lifting. Not too much tho (anchovy is the only other one you could possibly consider frequently used, unless you have a particularly bizarre vocabulary).
bilbo, meaning a sword made in Bilbao,
Bilbo Baggins is the hero of The Hobbit, which every true lemmy user has tattooed on their left thigh.
I have it tattooed on my middle thigh.
That’s your nose!