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  1. Ich dachte für einen kurzen Moment, das Smart-TV wollte mich auf die Suche nach einem Lufthakenanalogon schicken. #FalseFriends

  2. Took me a second to realize “verklempt” is not about the bad kerning (sorry) #FalseFriends

    RE: assemblag.es/@inquiline/115987

  3. Occasionally I think about how 'korv' in Estonian is a basket and the same word in Swedish is sausage. I guess they both still contain randomly smooshed together things? Well now I just want to make up some #CircleJerkEtymology explanations to make #FalseFriends have a unified meaning again.

  4. 🚨 Hebrew-English FALSE FRIENDS Alert! 🚨

    Not every Hebrew word that sounds like English means what you think it means… 😅

    In my latest YouTube lesson, I’m diving into the world of Hebrew false friends — plus showing you the real cognates that are actually super helpful when learning to speak!

    🎥 Comment “FALSE FRIENDS” and I’ll send you the link OR visit my YouTube channel el “Hebrew By Inbal to watch it and so many other fun and easy video lessons

    #HebrewLesson #FalseFriends #YoutubeLearning #HebrewByInbal

  5. 🚨 Hebrew-English FALSE FRIENDS Alert! 🚨

    Not every Hebrew word that sounds like English means what you think it means… 😅

    In my latest YouTube lesson, I’m diving into the world of Hebrew false friends — plus showing you the real cognates that are actually super helpful when learning to speak!

    🎥 Comment “FALSE FRIENDS” and I’ll send you the link OR visit my YouTube channel el “Hebrew By Inbal to watch it and so many other fun and easy video lessons

    #HebrewLesson #FalseFriends #YoutubeLearning #HebrewByInbal

  6. 🚨 Hebrew-English FALSE FRIENDS Alert! 🚨

    Not every Hebrew word that sounds like English means what you think it means… 😅

    In my latest YouTube lesson, I’m diving into the world of Hebrew false friends — plus showing you the real cognates that are actually super helpful when learning to speak!

    🎥 Comment “FALSE FRIENDS” and I’ll send you the link OR visit my YouTube channel el “Hebrew By Inbal to watch it and so many other fun and easy video lessons

    #HebrewLesson #FalseFriends #YoutubeLearning #HebrewByInbal

  7. 🚨 Hebrew-English FALSE FRIENDS Alert! 🚨

    Not every Hebrew word that sounds like English means what you think it means… 😅

    In my latest YouTube lesson, I’m diving into the world of Hebrew false friends — plus showing you the real cognates that are actually super helpful when learning to speak!

    🎥 Comment “FALSE FRIENDS” and I’ll send you the link OR visit my YouTube channel el “Hebrew By Inbal to watch it and so many other fun and easy video lessons

    #HebrewLesson #FalseFriends #YoutubeLearning #HebrewByInbal

  8. Brug ordbog - *ikke* Google Translate

    Use a dictionary - *not* Google Translate.

    #translation #language #FalseFriends

  9. Another genuinely fine specimen of the "Here's an awful thing about Trump and why you should be angry with somebody else about it"-genre.

    Remember the pattern. It is troll action and should be recognized as such.

    The direction of the anger is the point.

    Update: Now with Alt-text.
    #ToxicIdealism #genre #FalseFlagSockPuppets #FalseFriends #AgentsOfDismay

  10. Another genuinely fine specimen of the "Here's an awful thing about Trump and why you should be angry with somebody else about it"-genre.

    Remember the pattern. It is troll action and should be recognized as such.

    The direction of the anger is the point.

    Update: Now with Alt-text.
    #ToxicIdealism #genre #FalseFlagSockPuppets #FalseFriends #AgentsOfDismay

  11. Another genuinely fine specimen of the "Here's an awful thing about Trump and why you should be angry with somebody else about it"-genre.

    Remember the pattern. It is troll action and should be recognized as such.

    The direction of the anger is the point.

    Update: Now with Alt-text.
    #ToxicIdealism #genre #FalseFlagSockPuppets #FalseFriends #AgentsOfDismay

  12. Another genuinely fine specimen of the "Here's an awful thing about Trump and why you should be angry with somebody else about it"-genre.

    Remember the pattern. It is troll action and should be recognized as such.

    The direction of the anger is the point.

    Update: Now with Alt-text.
    #ToxicIdealism #genre #FalseFlagSockPuppets #FalseFriends #AgentsOfDismay

  13. Another genuinely fine specimen of the "Here's an awful thing about Trump and why you should be angry with somebody else about it"-genre.

    Remember the pattern. It is troll action and should be recognized as such.

    The direction of the anger is the point.

    Update: Now with Alt-text.
    #ToxicIdealism #genre #FalseFlagSockPuppets #FalseFriends #AgentsOfDismay

  14. Und plötzlich, ist der Schwiegerdrache aus Amerika eingeflogen. Naja, ich werde brav bleiben und meine liberalversifften statements für mich behalten. #linksgrün #liberal #falsefriends

  15. Me extraña ver en una traducción de una novela inglesa que un personaje tiene tanto frío que lleva mitones *encima* de los guantes, y entonces descubro que el inglés "mittens" es 'manoplas' y no 'mitones'.
    #falseFriends #falsosAmigos #ELE
    #SpanishAs2ndLanguage

  16. Me extraña ver en una traducción de una novela inglesa que un personaje tiene tanto frío que lleva mitones *encima* de los guantes, y entonces descubro que el inglés "mittens" es 'manoplas' y no 'mitones'.
    #falseFriends #falsosAmigos #ELE
    #SpanishAs2ndLanguage

  17. Me extraña ver en una traducción de una novela inglesa que un personaje tiene tanto frío que lleva mitones *encima* de los guantes, y entonces descubro que el inglés "mittens" es 'manoplas' y no 'mitones'.
    #falseFriends #falsosAmigos #ELE
    #SpanishAs2ndLanguage

  18. Me extraña ver en una traducción de una novela inglesa que un personaje tiene tanto frío que lleva mitones *encima* de los guantes, y entonces descubro que el inglés "mittens" es 'manoplas' y no 'mitones'.
    #falseFriends #falsosAmigos #ELE
    #SpanishAs2ndLanguage

  19. Me extraña ver en una traducción de una novela inglesa que un personaje tiene tanto frío que lleva mitones *encima* de los guantes, y entonces descubro que el inglés "mittens" es 'manoplas' y no 'mitones'.
    #falseFriends #falsosAmigos #ELE
    #SpanishAs2ndLanguage

  20. More #Finnish #falseFriends:

    helmet = pearls
    heroin = whey (instructive)
    ken = who (archaic)
    kiloton = shineless, gleamless
    lain = law (genitive); summit (instructive)
    maiden = land (genitive plural)
    main = land (instructive)
    moisten = such (adjective, genitive plural)
    pellet = clowns
    piston = sting (genitive)
    poke = bouncer (colloquial); porn (colloquial)
    pollen = horse (genitive)
    saloon = to a deep forest
    sateen = rain (genitive)
    sees = serene (rare)
    villain = wool (genitive plural, rare)

    My older false friends are here: qalle.neocities.org/falsefrien

  21. @nele Ich hoffe nicht, dass du wirklich meinst, dass Kollaboration eine Schlüsselkompetenz sein sollte!
    de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollab
    #falseFriends

  22. Did you know Hebrew and English share some ‘false friends’—words that sound similar but mean something totally different?

    In this YouTube video, I break down some of these tricky pairs so you can avoid any language mix-ups while having a laugh along the way! 🎥✨

    Check it out, enjoy the lesson, and if it helps you on your Hebrew journey, don’t forget to subscribe to my channel and support my work. Let’s learn and grow together! 🌟

    📺 youtu.be/YhJQBzodk80?si=fBuJ-J

    #Hebrew #English #FalseFriends #LanguageLesson #YoutubeChannel

  23. Still disappointed that "fartygstankar" means "ship tanks" and not "fart stank"

    #FalseFriends

  24. More Finnish false friends:
    haiku = a puff/whiff of smoke
    halon = I chop/split
    kaput = captains
    karat = cores/spindles
    kudos = tissue/fabric
    melon = I paddle
    moron = hello, hi
    parka = poor thing
    pivot = hands, palms
    puree = (s)he/it bites
    salon = of a pole; of a deep forest
    salvo = notch! (join by means of notches)
    saves = clay
    talon = of a house
    tonne = thither
    valve = awakeness
    villa = wool
    #FalseFriends #Finnish

  25. More Finnish false friends:
    alas = down
    ale = sale
    ape = feed (noun)
    aura = plough
    emit = pistils (botany)
    emo = mother (of animals)
    halo = chop, split (imperative)
    hoe = speak/repeat over and over again (imperative); may be of the same origin as "sequel"
    home = mildew, mold
    into = enthusiasm
    join = I drank
    keto = dry meadow, pasture
    kilo = shine, gleam
    lama = depression (economics)
    lava = bed (of e.g. a truck)
    levy = plate, board
    loan = dirt (genitive)
    loin = I created
    made = burbot (fish)
    mono = ski boot
    oat = thorns, prickles
    omit = you hog/appropriate
    open = teacher (genitive)
    oven = door (genitive)
    pane = put, set, fuck (imperative)
    polo = poor
    pore = bubble
    pose = jail
    pure = bite (imperative)
    raja = border, limit
    rein = sleigh (instructive)
    side = bandage
    suit = you brush
    sure = grieve (imperative)
    teen = I do
    tie = way
    vain = only
    vale = lie (noun)
    vein = I took
    veto = pull (noun)
    visa = quiz
    #Finnish #FalseFriends

  26. Ranskanvarastoni ääri on häämöttämäisillään, mutta varmasti toi tarkottaa, et ’ttutää kihti on sumeet tappoo!

    #FalseFriends #kieli #Duolingo

  27. Wie unterscheidet ihr eigentlich "Mord im Mittsommer" von "Midsomer Murders"? #falsefriends

  28. Staying with the topic of different yet similar is this “false friends” lesson!

    In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that looks or sounds similar to a word in a given language, but differs significantly in meaning.

    Today’s false friends are Hebrew & Polish. Do you know of any other Hebrew false friend words?

    #hebrew #polish #falsefriends #language #videolesson #languagelearning

  29. false friends happen in technical language, too:

    tender locomotive: a locomotive that *needs* an extra tender → Lokomotive or Lokomotive mit Schlepptender

    Tenderlokomotive: a locomotive that *is* its own tender → tank engine

    #justSo #falseFriend #falseFriends #language #sprache #english #deutsch

  30. A quick reminder that “manure” (English) and “manuren” (Dutch) are very different words.
    And you might need both for a good harvest.

    #falsefriends 🇬🇧🇳🇱

  31. Mastodon 4.0 bekommt eine "Warnung vor sensiblen Audiobeiträgen in der Web-UI". Was genau sind sensible Beiträge? Weinen die, wenn man sie anmacht? #FalseFriends