Sunday, April 27, 2014

Entertaining Utensil

the word for spoon is funny in every language

31 comments:

  1. AlxApril 28, 2014 at 5:20 AM

    Spanish - Cuchara
    :D

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  2. AnonymousApril 28, 2014 at 6:23 AM

    Löffel certainly does not sound like "loo-full". "Ö" is /ø/, not /u:/.

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    1. Malachi Ray RempenApril 28, 2014 at 7:53 AM

      True, but there isn't really an equivalent sound for "ö" in English. "Liou-full"? "Luu-ful"? "Lue-full"?

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    2. UnknownApril 28, 2014 at 12:45 PM

      None of those are remotely close to ö... Just say Leffel it's your best bet honestly

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    3. Malachi Ray RempenApril 28, 2014 at 1:41 PM

      I'm not sure "leffel" is improving things much. Can't we all just agree that "Löffel" is a funny word and leave it at that?

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    4. AbhayMay 2, 2014 at 12:48 PM

      its Loeffel (ö can generally be replaced by oe)

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    5. Malachi Ray RempenMay 4, 2014 at 9:59 AM

      Only in German! "Loeffel" in English sounds like "low-fell".

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    6. ickeMay 4, 2014 at 11:20 PM

      I think it's funny how some Germans take things about their language so serious. Just like the sausage post. ;) It confirms the cliché..
      p.s. I'm German, too..

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    7. Malachi Ray RempenMay 7, 2014 at 2:58 PM

      As a half-German myself, half of me sympathizes with them completely, and the other half wants to shake them and say "LET GO OF THE RULES!"

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    8. Étienne d'aoûtJanuary 18, 2016 at 2:02 AM

      Leffle as long as you say the 1st e with rounded lips.

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  3. Sad, Sad ManApril 28, 2014 at 12:23 PM

    Funny post. In Hindi, though, I'm pretty sure it's actually chamcha/chumcha and not chummuch. Could be a variant, but I only know it as chamcha.

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  4. AnonymousApril 28, 2014 at 2:40 PM

    How about the Finnish word, "lusikka"?

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  5. Philip NewtonApril 28, 2014 at 2:50 PM

    For Polish, I propose "wishka".

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  6. AnonymousMay 18, 2014 at 1:59 PM

    Indonesian "sendok" is funny too.

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    1. AnonymousMay 26, 2014 at 12:48 PM

      Indeed, sounds like "send-dog"

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  7. popmugelbbubJuly 30, 2014 at 1:43 PM

    in Korean,
    숟가락
    Soo(t)-Kah-Rock

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  8. AnonymousNovember 20, 2014 at 5:22 PM

    Greek - κουτάλι - koo-ta-LEE

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  9. AUM.HLSDecember 24, 2014 at 11:55 PM

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  10. ZapanMarch 15, 2015 at 11:16 PM

    Even french people are self-aware about how funny the word Cuillère can be.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0pLFDpRNTw

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  11. AminaMay 31, 2015 at 12:49 PM

    Swedish - sked .. & it's not as easily pronounced as it seems !!

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    1. Malachi Ray RempenJune 4, 2015 at 10:28 AM

      Really? How is it pronounced?

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    2. AminaJune 15, 2015 at 8:57 PM

      the closest I could get is [ch]weyd, where the [ch] sound is somewhere between German i[ch] and Arabic Kha' [خاء] :D !

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  12. Talons1337September 1, 2015 at 4:07 PM

    Polish is not even close. Luje ka? The Polish word for spoon, when pronounced as if the letters were english, should be "Wishka".

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  13. AnonymousOctober 17, 2015 at 4:26 PM

    Russian - ложка. In English, sounds like "lozh-ka".

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  14. CMunkMay 24, 2016 at 5:54 PM

    The Danish word is 'ske' pronounced as SKIT but without the t (or with a glottalized t): [ˈske̝ːʔ]. I'm sorry that it isn't so funny.

    There is the word 'slev' SLEW [ˈsle̝ʊ̯ʔ], which is funnier but also archaic.

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2017 at 5:45 PM

    In Iraqi dialect is خشوگة (khashoogah), which is equally as funny. :)

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  16. Sam WoodmanFebruary 20, 2017 at 4:46 AM

    Adding to the chorus here; you horribly, HORRIBLY screwed up the Polish pronunciation. You could possibly write it "Wishh-ka", "Wizh-ka", or even "Widge-ka" (Bonus - the real way to write/say it sounds twenty times sillier than your mistake does, thus proving your point).

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  17. William EbyOctober 19, 2018 at 8:27 PM

    Dutch: lepel (lay-pull)

    It's an anagram, and I can think of a few funny things about how it sounds. But this is a family website, so...

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  18. gyerekemberApril 27, 2019 at 10:40 AM

    And in Hungarian, it's kanál (~ kan-ahl), and don't you forget the leading k, or else you might get some weird looks...

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