c/asklemmy · by Klarinette245@feddit.org · 124dWhat is Squidward called in your language? He is called Thaddäus Tentakel in German or Bläckvard Tentakel in Swedish. 55 points · 24 comments · view on lemmy.world
24 Comments
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 124d
Squidward.
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 124d
Damn you were faster than me
DrBob@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 124d
It's your language too. You can still answer.
Zozano@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 124d
Dammit, I was going to comment about being beaten to the punch, but you already did it.
alexandr08@lemmy.ml · 26 pts · 124d
Calamardo in LATAM Spanish
wuphysics87@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 123d
Best one
mr_anny@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 124d
Jalmari Kalmari in Finnish.
Kalmari means squid.
_g_be@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 123d
This one is fun to say.
Calamari exists on English too, I wonder where it is borrowed from
FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 123d
Calamari is Italian for squid. We just call the food calamari in English but it's just ripped from Italian, not really an English word.
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 123d
Every language has loanwords, and they become part of that language when enough people use them.
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 123d
...and Jalmari is a common Finnish male name.
lzs_jinxin@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 124d
He is called shafiq(شفيق) in Arabic.
doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 123d
BWHAHAH Shafiq fits him so much
ZeroHora@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 124d
Lula Molusco in PT-BR
grranibal@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 123d
Squidward in pt-pt
helix@feddit.org · 16 pts · 123d
Thaddäus Tentakel (German).
Freakazoid@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 124d
Octo in Dutch
mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 124d
Sulwyn Surbwch in Welsh
Limfjorden@feddit.dk · 10 pts · 124d
In Danish it's the same as in Swedish: Blækvard Tentakel
CuraVonAux@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 123d
Squidward (Indonesian)
Vitaly@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 123d
Сквідвард щупальця(squidwars tentacles)
BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 123d
Squiduid Tentacles (Hebrew), just because names that end with -ward are kinda goofy sounding in our language.
jayrar@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 123d
Carlo tentacule in French
NahMarcas@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 123d
Culomardo (peninsular spanish)