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The Most Universally Understood Word In The World Appears In So Many Languages
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| November 20, 2024
| James Felton
Posted on 11/20/2024 12:42:49 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv; xsmommy; Louis Foxwell; secret garden; VRWCmember; SoothingDave; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ..
Word for the day, huh?...............
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:43:29 PM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:46:03 PM PST
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SkyDancer
( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
To: Red Badger
The other universal word across all cultures is represented by the middle finger.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:46:25 PM PST
by
xp38
To: Steven Scharf
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:47:21 PM PST
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xp38
To: Red Badger
It is probably the most common word spoken between two people when they encounter each other and don’t share a common language.
To: Steven Scharf
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:50:38 PM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Red Badger
I was expecting “ma.”
Interesting question.
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:52:03 PM PST
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sphinx
To: sphinx
I thought it would be “no”
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:53:56 PM PST
by
Tell It Right
(1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: SkyDancer
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:54:45 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(NOT TIRED OF WINNING!)
To: Red Badger
I heard a long time ago that the most universally recognized actual word is ‘okay’. Pretty much everyone on the planet knows what it means... it means okay, and was traced back to early west African slaves brought to the Americas by the Portuguese and Spanish.
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:58:10 PM PST
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SpaceBar
To: Red Badger
I was thinking “OK”
I have heard it used around the globe.
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posted on
11/20/2024 12:59:09 PM PST
by
Blueflag
(To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
To: Red Badger
They did this between two people right? I’ll wonder if they just played a recording to someone that they would come up with the same thing.
To: Red Badger; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Red Badger. "Okay" is widely understood, but this one definitely makes sense (ironically).
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posted on
11/20/2024 1:04:14 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Red Badger
I believe Mama is the same exact word in every language since the dawn of time
To: Red Badger
I say it, adding an ‘n’ sound. Hunh
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posted on
11/20/2024 1:05:00 PM PST
by
citizen
(Political incrementalism is like compound interest for liberals - every little bit adds up.)
To: Red Badger
The one that blows my mind is “okay”
Astonishingly flexible in its uses and used almost universally in the same ways.
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posted on
11/20/2024 1:09:12 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Tell It Right
“I thought it would be “no””
So did I.
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posted on
11/20/2024 1:09:23 PM PST
by
Reddy
(BO stinks)
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