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Dammit, I was going to comment about being beaten to the punch, but you already did it.

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lemmy.ml

Calamardo in LATAM Spanish

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sopuli.xyz

Jalmari Kalmari in Finnish.

Kalmari means squid.

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lemmy.world

This one is fun to say.

Calamari exists on English too, I wonder where it is borrowed from

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sopuli.xyz

Calamari is Italian for squid. We just call the food calamari in English but it's just ripped from Italian, not really an English word.

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Every language has loanwords, and they become part of that language when enough people use them.

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Сквідвард щупальця(squidwars tentacles)

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