Big
SMALL
That’s just forced perspective.
This cow is small, that cow is far away.
Trump: cowfefe!
I didn’t know what it meant to be hit so hard in he feels until this.
I was walking down “roading lane” yesterday and i thought that was bad enough.
If it helps, “monosyllabic” has five syllables. (Last time I mentioned this on lemmy I was bombarded by people who had a lot to say about it, though)
I mean yeah, I guess it helps empower my suicidal ideation. ta!
They actually the same size, it’s just latin alphabet is stupid and doesn’t have a letter for sound SH.
Long is actually longer, imo.
Say them out loud and see which takes longer.
It’s more like [lo:ng] than [long] like [bong]
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Anyway, short in Estonian is “lühike” and long is “pikk” so we have the same issue
Hahaha, “pikk” means penis in norwegian
“Pik” in Dutch is also penis.
And the word you use for salmon in Norwegian means “spank” (noun not verb) in Estonian
Also I’m craving some røkt laks right now, could you mail me some?
Pikk even sounds small, just like words have a certain phonetic sound.
Poland chiming in. “Długi” and “Krótki”. Same problem.
Doesn’t the same apply for “ng”? That seems like it could be one letter.
Yeah, but ng could easily be one letter, it’s just not in English.
That problem disappears when you stop speaking English
Is there a term for words that are self-descriptive?
Suburban Starkiller is right.
Yes but when you say them out loud you can adjust the lengths
And the word “cum” is actually thinner than the word “water” but cum is still thicker than water (it’s a saying)
Viscous is the word you’re looking for.
