asklemmy·AsklemmybyEddie [any] What is Squidward called in your language?He is called Thaddäus Tentakel in German or Bläckvard Tentakel in Swedish.View original on feddit.org55Comments24
Zozano replyaussie.zoneDammit, I was going to comment about being beaten to the punch, but you already did it.3
__g_be replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesThis one is fun to say. Calamari exists on English too, I wonder where it is borrowed from5
FFreeAZ replysopuli.xyz1Hide 1 replyCalamari is Italian for squid. We just call the food calamari in English but it's just ripped from Italian, not really an English word.4
llagoon8622 replysh.itjust.worksEvery language has loanwords, and they become part of that language when enough people use them.2
BBlackRoseAmongThorns slrpnk.netSquiduid Tentacles (Hebrew), just because names that end with -ward are kinda goofy sounding in our language.3
Squidward.
Damn you were faster than me
It's your language too. You can still answer.
Dammit, I was going to comment about being beaten to the punch, but you already did it.
Calamardo in LATAM Spanish
Best one
Jalmari Kalmari in Finnish.
Kalmari means squid.
This one is fun to say.
Calamari exists on English too, I wonder where it is borrowed from
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.
Every language has loanwords, and they become part of that language when enough people use them.
...and Jalmari is a common Finnish male name.
He is called shafiq(شفيق) in Arabic.
BWHAHAH Shafiq fits him so much
Lula Molusco in PT-BR
Squidward in pt-pt
Thaddäus Tentakel (German).
Octo in Dutch
Sulwyn Surbwch in Welsh
In Danish it's the same as in Swedish: Blækvard Tentakel
Squidward (Indonesian)
Сквідвард щупальця(squidwars tentacles)
Squiduid Tentacles (Hebrew), just because names that end with -ward are kinda goofy sounding in our language.
Carlo tentacule in French
Culomardo (peninsular spanish)