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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

habitually socially oblivious auntie at work sits down at my two person table and then has a conversation in a language i dont know with a person two tables away

am having dinner

what do

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there a live translate app on your phone?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

great idea will do next time

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Nescio de quo loqueris. Te oportet futuere tete.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I had no idea there were swears in Latin.

I only know Romanes Eunt Domus ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure you can swear in any language, or at least arrange words such as to heavily imply it.

Ok, maybe not Linear A or something

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ah but Linear B, there's where all the best swears live

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Bitte sei ruhig, ich versuche zu essen. Verdammt noch mal!"

translationPlease be quiet, I'm trying to eat, damn it/for fucks sake

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

You nod your head at the right times.