As someone who grew up bilingual, this has caused so much unnecessary confusion in my life. Maybe not queso so much but salsa, which is the word for any kind of sauce in Spanish. If I’m running on autopilot and my wife asks me to pick up tomato salsa I will almost invariably get spaghetti sauce. It’s fucked!
My dad had this brilliant idea for everyone to say "cheese" in the local language every time he took a selfie of us when we were travelling around Europe. Let's just say even though that was years ago in my childhood, I can look through that album and know instantly which photos were taken in Sweden!
I was referring to Danish, but indeed it seems the same spelling also applies for Norwegian and Swedish. But quite different pronounciations, I would think. In Danish, you would say "åst" with an "å"- which everyone naturally knows how to pronounce of course.
Haha, yes, that's brilliant. We even do that here from time to time. One indeed does look dapper saying "OOOST".
Svorte Sara, that's some stinky shit. Every time we were over to helsingør or køpenhavn my parents bought stinky cheese with them home to ruin the fridge.
Not all etymologies are lies, words do have origins.
Just because you heard some stories which were false doesn't mean all stories are false.
On this wiki page it is explained that linguistics do believe the word Yankee comes from Jan Kees or Jan Kaas. It explains it can also come from the name Janneke, which is a new to me.
My language is already taken so here's another language where I know the word: 奶酪 (nailao), first character meaning milk, second one I had to look up for the definition: "semi-solid food made from milk"
In NZ English... "Cheese". Though we do have a term "tasty" for a 12-18 month aged cheddar cheese that I don't think is commonly used elsewhere. At the supermarket you're likely to see "mild" or "tasty" not "cheddar".
In Māori, "tīhi". It's a transliteration of "cheese" into a language that has neither a "ch" nor a "s" sound.
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zeppo@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 1y
Cheese
morphballganon@mtgzone.com · 3 pts · 1y
Yup. Though we call cheese sauce queso.
emogu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
As someone who grew up bilingual, this has caused so much unnecessary confusion in my life. Maybe not queso so much but salsa, which is the word for any kind of sauce in Spanish. If I’m running on autopilot and my wife asks me to pick up tomato salsa I will almost invariably get spaghetti sauce. It’s fucked!
Thrife@feddit.org · 36 pts · 1y
Käse
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Is this Swiss or Austrian?
PartyPatella@lemmy.ml · 35 pts · 1y
Ost!
tunetardis@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 1y
That's Swedish isn't it?
My dad had this brilliant idea for everyone to say "cheese" in the local language every time he took a selfie of us when we were travelling around Europe. Let's just say even though that was years ago in my childhood, I can look through that album and know instantly which photos were taken in Sweden!
PartyPatella@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 1y
I was referring to Danish, but indeed it seems the same spelling also applies for Norwegian and Swedish. But quite different pronounciations, I would think. In Danish, you would say "åst" with an "å"- which everyone naturally knows how to pronounce of course.
Haha, yes, that's brilliant. We even do that here from time to time. One indeed does look dapper saying "OOOST".
Defectus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Svorte Sara, that's some stinky shit. Every time we were over to helsingør or køpenhavn my parents bought stinky cheese with them home to ruin the fridge.
CaptainsLog@lemmings.world · 29 pts · 1y
« Fromage ».
otacon239@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Oh, Dexter!
dom@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
https://youtu.be/CPKf2LjU6Gs
Ah biblioteque
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
rmuk@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
...du
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
peterg75@discuss.online · 17 pts · 1y
Сир
Syr
wendyz@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y
Ukrainian? Or no? That’s so cool!
peterg75@discuss.online · 4 pts · 1y
Ukrainian
LordWiggle@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y
Kaas.
Fun fact: New York was founded by the Dutch. A curse word for a Dutch guy was "Jan Kaas", which changed over the years to "Yankees".
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
Fun fact: folk etymologies are always lies.
I've also heard that 'gringo' derives from people telling green-clad soldiers to go away (green, go)
I've heard that 'fuck' is an acronym for 'fornication under consent of the king'
All nonsense of course.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Not all etymologies are lies, words do have origins.
Just because you heard some stories which were false doesn't mean all stories are false.
On this wiki page it is explained that linguistics do believe the word Yankee comes from Jan Kees or Jan Kaas. It explains it can also come from the name Janneke, which is a new to me.
Deflated0ne@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
notso@feddit.org · 14 pts · 1y
Käse (Germany)
thelsim@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
Kaas 🇳🇱
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social · 8 pts · 1y
Kaas 🇿🇦
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 1y
Kaas!🇧🇪
Txopi@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
Gazta (in Basque)
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
芝士 (it's pronounced similar to cheese in English)
In Mandarin: zhishi
In Cantonese: zisi
doctortofu@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 1y
Ser (in Polish.Pronounced similarly to "sir" in"yes sir")
jaiden@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 1y
happy cake day!
h54@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y
Fwomaj
reallyzen@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y
I though you where not serious, but in doubt I had a look. TIL!
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
h54@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
Yon ti kras. Ou pale kreyòl?
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
Das ist Käse.
Btw: This saying is used in case something is stupid :)
altasshet@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
Chääs
Raffster@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Hi fellow swiss german;)
altasshet@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Hoi :)
phantomwise@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y
Fromage!
umbrella@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 1y
_Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Sir
CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I shall start calling mine Sir Cheese.
cute_noker@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 1y
Ost
EfreetSK@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Syr
aguasemgas@lemmy.eco.br · 6 pts · 1y
Queijo (PT-BR)
venusaur@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
drre@feddit.org · 6 pts · 1y
hello wildcats
venusaur@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
You know
reallyzen@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Seemingly a cooking show with industrial shit and a microwave, I don't. It must be british, is it not?
venusaur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
It’s American. From Utah I believe. Guy did a series of cooking videos for college kids and one of them was edited with sad music and went viral.
reallyzen@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
It is so absolutely, terrifyingly horrible, many thanks for sharing.
I'll never look at beans the same way from now on. Heck, I'll never look at my microwave the same way.
venusaur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Haha I’d try his nachos at a party
noolu@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
formaggio 🤌
jaiden@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 1y
cheese, queso, or queijo
SonofaBixcuit@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
¡queso!
djmikeale@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
My language is already taken so here's another language where I know the word: 奶酪 (nailao), first character meaning milk, second one I had to look up for the definition: "semi-solid food made from milk"
gorkur@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Ostur
Blodruselur@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
🇮🇸
olafurp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
🇮🇸
Zefjor@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Keju
reallyzen@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y
queijo
Zodarr@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
Sajt
Zeusz13@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Bojler eladó
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Fodrász vagyok
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Csere ps3-ra ?
beerclue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
brânză
tpyoman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Paneer
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social · 4 pts · 1y
Kaas
gezginorman@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
peynir
fluxion@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
We call it the same thing as butter. Shit gets confusing sometimes
Dave@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 1y
In NZ English... "Cheese". Though we do have a term "tasty" for a 12-18 month aged cheddar cheese that I don't think is commonly used elsewhere. At the supermarket you're likely to see "mild" or "tasty" not "cheddar".
In Māori, "tīhi". It's a transliteration of "cheese" into a language that has neither a "ch" nor a "s" sound.
wewbull@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y
So it's labelled "tasty cheese"?
That suggests that you can only buy cheddar there. No other types of cheese.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 1y
Other types of cheese are available, it's just that cheddar is not clearly labeled as such since it's kind of the "default".
E.g.
wewbull@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y
That packaging would make me question if it's actually legally cheese. It's like it's avoiding saying the word.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 1y
The back calls it "Tasty cheddar cheese":
RicoPeru@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
natively, cheese and queso
also, queijo in my third language, and formaggio, fromage, ser, сыр, and queixo (not fluent)
then, in the languages i wanna know more of: チーズ、奶酪/起司，جبنة
SonofaBixcuit@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
ayyyy جبنة twins!!
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Bob. We call him Bob
SonofaBixcuit@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
my parents’ language, we say 奶酪 or جبنة
growing up, from others it’d be ser or queso.
in my Grandpa’s language would say: גבינה but he also spoke arabic
(i only know a little Chinese and Arabic. i can write a little in Chinese but can’t write in Arabic at all.)
s0larfl4re@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
сыр!
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Hours upon hours of pain and farts
Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Spent time in Hungary they call cheese sajt.
0xeb@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Peynir 🧀
NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
🇹🇷
Fediverse'te bir türk gördüğüme sevindim.
Eh, tek akıllı ben değilim zaten.
githard@lemmy.cat · 3 pts · 1y
"formatge" here!
sjmulder@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 1y
Kéés (Texels Dutch, my wife’s home dialect)
rumimevlevi@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 1y
Jbin or jboun depending of the region in tunisia
seekpie@lemmy.seekpie.nohost.me · 2 pts · 1y
Juust (estonian)
Lootboblin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Juusto
notafox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Ser
merjalane@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Сыр (syr)
ElCrusher@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Queso
murtaza64@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
چیز
RandomVideos@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Brânză
OwnOh@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Cáis