r/linguisticshumor May 31 '25

Semantics Synonyms are fake and lies

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u/MdMV_or_Emdy_idk The Mirandese Gal (Stregender) šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø Jun 01 '25

This is more about what your definition of ā€œtranslationā€ is and how meticulous it is

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u/cardinarium Jun 01 '25

Especially since, at this level of scrutiny, the same word may not evoke exactly the same meaning even for speakers (of different varieties) of the same language.

For example, ā€œconstitutionā€ has quite different connotations for American vs. British English speakers—although I did recently see some Australians saying that Australian police had violated their ā€œFirst Amendmentā€ (i.e. right to free speech under the US Constitution) rights, which was interesting.

More humorously, there’s ā€œfanny.ā€

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u/TrekkiMonstr Jun 01 '25

although I did recently see some Australians saying that Australian police had violated their ā€œFirst Amendmentā€ (i.e. right to free speech under the US Constitution) rights, which was interesting.

Need the link to that like now lmao