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Day: October 10, 2016
What is the word to call the husband in your country’s language?
Ah, Dimitris. Yoruba oga “boss” vs Ottoman Turkish ağa [aɣa, now aː] Agha (Ottoman Empire) “an honorific title for a civilian or military officer” < Old Turkic aqa “elder brother”. Three letter word, final vowel the same, consonant similar, meanings in the same ballpark. You can see why I’m not impressed. Islam was shared between […]
What are the characteristics of Greek people?
Originally Answered: How can you describe the personality of the Greeks? Noone’s biting? InB4 “You can’t stereotype all Greeks”, &c &c Mercurial. Impulsive. There’s an apocryphal Turkish saying (which in fact, I’ve only found in Greek sources—but then again, I haven’t asked Quora): Gâvurun/Yunanın akili sonradan geliyor. Του Ρωμιού η γνώση ύστερα έρχεται. A Greek’s […]
How can my native language (Sgaw Karen) be added to Google Translate?
I refer you to: I want to add a new language to Google Translate. How do I do that? What are Google Translate requirements and criteria to add new language into the list of translated languages? How do I add malayalam language to Google translate for translating from english to malayalam? It’s a straight-out prioritisation […]