All countries are different, tell me a fact about your country.

Phishfry said:
Religious Extremism is a root cause of evil. It does not require money whatsoever.
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True, but the 20th century's genocides were done in the name of science.

The problem is not so much in the belief per se but the willingness to kill for them.
 
Deleted the last couple of posts. Should perhaps delete the last pages too. Thread's heading towards the trashcan really fast.
 
Ok, back to topic:

On the Rügen island, there are regulations limiting sandcastle height to 30 centimeters and maximum circumference to 3.5 meters. Exceed these, and you risk a fine of up to €1,000.
 
eternal_noob said:
there are regulations limiting sandcastle height to 30 centimeters and maximum circumference to 3.5 meters.
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I wonder why they regulated this. A couple of mishaps too many? People dying due to being buried by collapsing sandcastles?
 
More steering to the right track: in South Africa, there is a Zulu word "Yebo", which is used as an extremely expressive form of the affirmative and it's often used as a double positive, saying "Yebo yes!" and that made me chuckling all the time.

In Serbian the same pronunciation is colloquial word that means 'copulation' 🤭
 
In English there not so many words for family ancestry terms:
father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, etc.

In Serbian we have distinct words for 16 generations back:
otac, deda, pradeda, čukundeda, navrndeda, kurđel, askurđel, kurđup, kurlebalo, sukurdov, surdepač, parđupan, omžikur, kurajber, sajkatav, beli orao.
 
vmisev said:
In English there not so many words for family ancestry terms:
father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, etc.

In Serbian we have distinct words for 16 generations back:
otac, deda, pradeda, čukundeda, navrndeda, kurđel, askurđel, kurđup, kurlebalo, sukurdov, surdepač, parđupan, omžikur, kurajber, sajkatav, beli orao.
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And in Russian, you can write a whole essay comprised exclusively of words that begin with "П"... simply because of the grammatical rules that the language has... Sometimes those essays get really funny due to the connotations that get twisted when certain grammatical rules get applied.
 
Germany has some of the randomest laws. But some of them can't help but charm you.

I don't know how true this is and to what extent it's actionable, but apparently you are allowed to use physical violence to defend your honor.

"You beat this man in the middle of the street!"

"He insulted my wife."

"Ah, well, he shouldna did that."
 
vmisev said:
In Serbian we have distinct words for 16 generations back: otac, deda, pradeda, čukundeda, navrndeda, kurđel, askurđel, kurđup, kurlebalo, sukurdov, surdepač, parđupan, omžikur, kurajber, sajkatav, beli orao.
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In Russian we have "seventh bone from ass" for distant relatives.

vmisev said:
More steering to the right track: in South Africa, there is a Zulu word "Yebo", which is used as an extremely expressive form of the affirmative and it's often used as a double positive, saying "Yebo yes!" and that made me chuckling all the time.

In Serbian the same pronunciation is colloquial word that means 'copulation'
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Thats why I like to watch Nigerian TV, in Nigerian English word "governor" sounds like "govno".
 
lost_in_c said:
Germany has some of the randomest laws. But some of them can't help but charm you.

I don't know how true this is and to what extent it's actionable, but apparently you are allowed to use physical violence to defend your honor.

"You beat this man in the middle of the street!"

"He insulted my wife."

"Ah, well, he shouldna did that."
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Certainly not allowed.

However, provocation and insults have a bigger weight in legal proceedings than in other countries. If you get your nose bashed in after provoking somebody that weights against you, unlike in the US.

Likewise, provoking or insulting when driving a car is punished pretty broadly. Giving somebody the finger lands you in court.
 
That's... If I can't give somebody the finger while driving, I might as well not even get the licence.

Thanks for the clarification, though. That does make sense, and I am still charmed.

That's one of the sadder parts about the American continent in general, the presumption that the law is omnipresent and omnipotent, and should in all cases categorically preclude any resort to extraordinary measures. It's not uniform, of course, but as a general rule.

Or it's like it always assumes lab conditions.

Where I come from, giving somebody the finger while driving might get you shot. But not sued!
 
astyle said:
And in Russian, you can write a whole essay comprised exclusively of words that begin with "П"... simply because of the grammatical rules that the language has... Sometimes those essays get really funny due to the connotations that get twisted when certain grammatical rules get applied.
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It was long time ago, last time I had Russian in school was 36 years ago, and I admit I forgot most of it, grammar especially, but I remember well that Russian grammar was quite simpler than Serbian.

Funniest thing was learning words that sound the same and often spelled similarly, but have very different meaning, like what’s word for ‘life’ in Serbian means ‘stomach’ in Russian, beautiful – red, pride – diarrhea, clear – fast, straight – right, hardworking – harmful, caution – shame, experience – art, family – surname, mother – gym shirt, etc. etc. 😜
 
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