196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone hungryphrog @lemmy.blahaj.zone 9mo ago

I have to post something to follow the RULE

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Kokko! Kokoo kokoon koko kokko.

Koko kokkoko?

Koko kokko, Kokko.
- Kokko [a rare name]! Gather together [in a spoken language, assemble also works but kind if misses the point of the repetitiveness] the entire bonfire.
  
  The entire bonfire?
  
  The entire bonfire, Kokko.
I'm currently trying to learn Finnish. This stresses me out.
- Don't worry, this doesn't matter and we have a lot of harder stuff in the language which does matter
  
  Oh good, that’s encouraging lol
- Have fun!
- Start from deciphering this
  
  Kokoo koko kokko kokoon. Koko kokkoko kokoon? Koko kokko kokoon.
  
  assemble the whole bonfire. All of the bonfire? All of the bonfire.
  
  my brain hurts
Kuusi palaa

Guess which meaning this one is. Hint: Look at my username
- My moon is on fire?!
  
  Oh fuck, again?
I'll jump in with a classic Danish one:

Får får får? Nej, får får ikke får, får får lam.
- I raise you this
  
  Kokoo koko kokko kokoon. Koko kokkoko kokoon? Koko kokko kokoon.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
- Danish has a better one, arguably more ridiculous:
  
  Bar barbar bar bar barbar bar
  
  Naked barbarian carried naked barbarian pub
- I remember learning danish, I hate languages
Don't look up the word "run" in the English Dictionary.

Or attempt to read this out loud: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
Are these all pronounced exactly the same way?
- Actually yes. You can stress out some syllables to say YOUR moon is burning and such but it doesn't help a lot. Context matters
- Yep. Or maybe you could say that they have a teeny tiny difference, but it's barely noticeable if you aren't listening very closely.
- Most likely not, I expect it's the same as what you can do in English, put the stress on different places in a sentence to give different meaning.
  
  They all actually sound quite the same. Some syllables can be stressed to highlight parts of the sentences. YOUR moon vs your MOON
As someone designing a programming language: this is a terrible, horrific feature of a language, that makes poetry and jokes possible.
- chicken
Torilla tavataan!
DECEARING EGG
Me when languages have homophones/homographs 😱

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