this sounds a lot like Y from another slavic language I know which means X in mine so this almost 100% also means X
this word is completely different but I can kinda tell the meaning from the morphology
what
okay right now I'm gonna have to dissect the entirety of this language's history to figure out how the FUCK did y'all get to the point of calling X that and not something more normal
I wanted to ask for X and accidentally called someone a whore
This reminds me of that time my (Czech) family went to Poland for my uncle's wedding (because my aunt - his wife - is Polish and they decided to get married in Poland).
The wedding afterparty was in full swing, everyone was drinking and partying.... and an elderly Polish lady approached my two aunts (who were also drinking a lot and partying hard) and commented something along the lines of "jesteÅcie odporne". Which in Polish means "you're resilient" (as in they're handling the alcohol well) but in Czech it means "you're disgusting".
It took my aunts a bit to remember that it means something different in Polish. š
'pozor' in Czech means 'watch out!', but means 'shame' in Russian
droga in czech means drug, in polish it means road
zĆ”chod in czech means toilet, zachĆ³d in polish means 'west'
odchod 'to depart' in Czech means very specifically 'to depart by foot', while in Slovak it has a bit wider meaning, and buses and trains also combine with 'odchod'. To a Czech speaker this gives the funny implication that departing trains grow legs and walk out of the train station
Croatian 'mrdati' = to wiggle, means 'to have sex' in Czech
otrok in Czech means 'slave' but in Slovenian and perhaps other South slavic languages it means 'child'. Very funny when combined with bazaar, turns a perfectly fine baby bazar into a slave bazaar
My friend has a fun sentence from Slovenian - "Hitri otroci kuhali jed na Dunaji". Literally none of the words here mean what a Czech thinks they mean. No not even Dunaj. Czechs read it as 'smart slaves were disemboweling poison by the Donau river', original Slovenian meaning is 'fast children were cooking food in Vienna'
Edit: wait one more. "srpanj" in Croatian means July, "srpen" in Czech means August. Listopad in Croatian means 'October', in Czech means 'November'. rujan in Croatian means 'September', ÅĆjen in Czech means 'October'. kwiecieÅ in Polish means 'April', kviteÅ in Ukrainian also means 'April', kvÄten in Czech means 'May'. Months are fucked up.
the worst part of summer is that people get sooo comfortable expressing their disgust at having to see other peopleās bodies. theyāre always complaining about wrinkly old men at the nude hot springs or fat women in bikinis at the beach. I hate that shit. if youāre not capable of being normal about bodies you personally donāt find attractive, just turn your head to look at something else! and if youāre not smart enough to do that, then at least do the rest of us the courtesy of suffering in silence, because we donāt wanna hear your weird comments. thanks.
The way all the 2020s have done so far have been making me categorically against every new generation of tech that comes out is insane. Like I'm from a technological boom generation, saw the first portable phones, nokias & blackberries & flipphones etc, and the first smartphones, and the first ipods & ipads & tablets in general while still having cassettes & DVD & MP3 players around so I know how all of it work, I had computer classes in high school, I did the transition between home desktop computers to laptops and back to gaming computers. But then they started to put internet in your printer & microwave, everything has ads & AI now and every update is worst than the last. I literally loved technology and they ruined it
Please call your representatives: VOTE NO on the FEDERAL BOOK BANNING BILLS HR 2616, HR 8705, and HR 7661!
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There are currently THREE FEDERAL BOOK BAN BILLS aiming to ban all TRANS BOOKS from U.S. public schools! HR 2616, HR 8705, HR 7661
June 2026 / Maia Kobabe (a trans author, for three years in a row the most challenged author in the U.S.)
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HR 2616 threatens to cut federal funding from public schools if they āteach or advance concepts related to gender ideology,ā as defined by an Executive Order signed by Trump in Jan 2025. It would also cut funding from schools unless they require āparental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form.ā HR 2616 HAS ALREADY PASSED IN THE HOUSE! Please call your Senators to say NO ON HR 2616!Ā
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HR 8705 threatens to cut federal funding from public schools which teach ādiscriminatory equity ideology or gender ideology,ā as defined by two Executive Orders aimed at suppressing ācritical race theoryā and trans representation. This bill is named after the late far-right activist Charlie Kirk, āThe Charlie Act.ā HR 8705 has passed out of committee, but has not yet been introduced in the House. Please call your House Reps to say NO ON HR 8705!
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HR 7661 threatens to cut federal funding from public schools which offer material deemed āsexually oriented," treating any LGBTQIA+ identity as sexual content. It specifically forbids āgender dysphoria or transgenderism,ā and ālascivious dancingā (drag). This bill, titled āStop the Sexualization of Children Act,ā has 22 co-sponsors and has passed out of committee but has not yet been introduced to the House. Please call your House Reps to say NO ON HR 7661!Ā
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CALL SCRIPTS
āMy name is [name] and Iām calling from [city, state, zip code]. Iām asking [Senator] to vote no on HR 2616. I oppose HR 2616 because it would restrict studentās access to books and it would specifically harm trans, nonbinary, and intersex students. Please stand against book bans and protect queer students!ā
āMy name is [name] and Iām calling from [city, state, zip code]. Iām asking [Rep] to vote no on HR 8705 and HR 7661. I oppose these bills because they would restrict studentās access to books and accurate history, and would especially harm BIPOC, trans, nonbinary, and intersex students. Please stand against book bans and support public education funding!ā
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Author Maia Kobabe: If HR 2616, HR 8705, or HR 7661 pass, it would be almost impossible for any public school in the U.S. to offer or teach my books, unless theyāre willing to risk their federal funding. Students would be even less likely to learn about trans stories or accurate U.S. history.Ā
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Please call your representatives: VOTE NO on the FEDERAL BOOK BANNING BILLS HR 2616, HR 8705, and HR 7661!Ā
Follow AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS on insta & bluesky for updates on these bills!
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Maia always makes these actions clear and accessible and I so appreciate eir work.
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